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root servers

> In my (generally worthless) opinion, I wouldn't think that volunteers
> could be held so.  They would simply stop volunteering.  In fact, It
> will likely become necessary to fund root nameservers.  CORE will be
> doing this, but perhaps NSI should be involved also.

This begs the question - if the volunteer root servers were to step down, and
CORE found their own, what would happen if some of the non-CORE registries were
to create their own, too?

How would root.cache files be propagated? Would it be a question of many entities
with root servers competing for cache entries?

Currently, BIND ships with a root.cache file that points to the existing
volunteer servers. Would Paul Vixie continue to preload BIND with the new CORE
root servers? As was asked before, could this be a vulnerable position legally?

We're really getting back to the question of "who is in charge?" Are there any
clear answers?
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Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.