Hi Jim,
At 01:35 27-11-2013, Jim Reid wrote:
So what? The root zone file is freely available to anyone who wants
it. AXFR from a root server is not the only mechanism to get a copy.
And as Joe just said, it's not necessarily a Good Thing for
resolving servers to keep a local copy of the root zone.
Yes.
BTW, you quoted Section 2.7 of RFC2870. That BCP is over 13 years
old. The root (server system) of 2000 is very different from
today's. There was no anycasting back then. The root wasn't signed.
ICANN had only created 7 gTLDs. Verisign didn't generate the root
zone. etc, etc. Although this document is an excellent starting
point for anyone operating an important authoritative name server,
it should not be viewed as the final, definitive word on this topic.
Yes, it is an old document. I don't read it as the definitive word
as a lot has changed since the document was published.
Regards,
-sm
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