On 27 Jun 2008, at 10:37, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
More seriously, if there is no ".com" name server in China, it is indeed a problem (but I do not know if it is true or not)
If that was true, I think it would be a problem for Verisign, and for Chinese Internet users, and possibly ICANN, but I don't see that it's a problem for the IETF.
However, it seems to me that there's an instance of B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET in Beijing (or close by). Mtr fragment:
Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 2. 202.97.10.233 0.0% 20 1.8 3.2 1.7 30.8 6.5 3. 219.158.5.85 0.0% 20 2.3 8.7 1.9 130.8 28.7 4. 202.96.12.42 0.0% 20 1.8 2.6 1.7 17.8 3.6 5. 61.148.152.137 0.0% 20 2.2 2.2 1.8 3.2 0.3 6. 61.148.156.130 0.0% 20 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.3 0.1 7. 61.148.6.42 0.0% 20 2.4 2.5 2.4 3.2 0.2 8. 202.106.235.194 0.0% 20 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.6 0.1 9. b.gtld-servers.net 0.0% 20 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.4 0.1
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