- From: Ruediger Volk <rv@zeus.nic.dtag.de>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 22:16:29 +0200
- To: Michael.Mealling@oit.gatech.edu (Michael Mealling)
- Cc: uri@bunyip.com
> After an epiphany with Chris it appears that the only advantage to having > a new top level domain is that the urn namespace doesn't use the same > roots as the rest of DNS. outch!!! whatever top level domain you use - within the Internet proper everybody uses the same root servers (i.e. servers with SOA for ".") If you create a new top level domain you just can define your own set of servers for that top level zone. If you want to have your own set of root servers you have to create your own separate (and hopefully well isolated) DNS universe! (While the concept of root servers is pretty clear from a strictly technical point of view, those with a more fuzzy understanding of DNS tend to forget about the real root and call "their" top level servers "their" root servers; as the set of servers for ARPA, COM, EDU, ORG, GOV, MIL, and NET has been traditionally identical to the set of root servers this may have been some food for confusion in certain parts of the world.) Ruediger Volk ### this .signature is currently under construction ### Deutsche Telekom AG -- Internet Services NIC E-Mail: E-Mail: rv@NIC.DTAG.DE
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