DNS: 13 Name Servers vs. 3  DNS: 13 Name Servers vs. 3  From:
Jim Fleming <JimFleming§unety.net> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998
00:58:25 -0500 On Saturday, June 20, 1998 12:59 AM, Lincoln
Dale[SMTP:ltd§interlink.com.au] wrote: @.. and, pray-tell, why
would i want to decrease the number of root-nameservers @located
off two (seemingly not-particularly-well-connected) links?  The
Root Name Servers do not provide very much information when
operating as Root Name Servers. The 13 servers that you are
referring to are doing double (and triple) duty as .COM servers
as well as IN-ADDR.ARPA servers. You are Servers for the Root
Zone information than sending traffic half-way around the is
near you (geo-netricaly).  Some ISPs move to a situation where
they run their own in-house Root Name Servers. This allows them
to control the contents of the Root Zone which is not hard to
maintain. In the end, it all boils down to time-space tradeoffs
and the economics of the situation. The more that people are
educated about the DNS and vari