[62161] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Root Server Operators (Re: What *are* they smoking?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Erik Gullerud)
Tue Sep 16 13:54:58 2003
From: Lars Erik Gullerud <lerik@nolink.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3F673F42.8C06116C@greendragon.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:51:52 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 18:50, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> > Please note that the people running the root nameservsers are a different
> > set from the people who run the .com and .net nameservers.
> >
> True, these days, at least in part.
>
> Since the latest zone for .net (and maybe .com according to the
> announcement) contains data that
> * indicates existance for domains that actually do not exist, and
> * incorrect addresses for domains that exist, but are not using the
> name service of netSOL cum verisign,
> it is arguably not a valid zone file. Therefore, any root server
> operators should refuse the improper zone file.
Whether the .net and .com zone files are valid or not is really
irrelevant for your argument - since the zone file served by the root
servers is only for the . zone, not the .net or .com zones any more. The
zone file the _root servers_ hold IS therefore a valid zone file.
Whatever junk Verisign puts into the com. and net. zones does not
implicate the . zone servers at all.
/leg
