[65852] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Root Authority
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bill)
Mon Dec 15 17:25:38 2003
From: bill <bmanning@karoshi.com>
To: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:28:05 -0800 (PST)
Cc: doug@nanog.con.com (Doug Luce), nanog@merit.edu (nanog@merit.edu)
In-Reply-To: <E1AW04x-000AZn-Te@ran.psg.com> from "Randy Bush" at Dec 15, 2003 01:16:35 PM
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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> > From whom do the root nameservers derive their authority?
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> from me
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Sorry Mr Bush. We derive our authority from the old IANA, who
assigned out the exiting roots.
--bill