----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Vixie" <vi...@isc.org>
> David Conrad <d...@virtualized.org> writes: > > I believe the root server operators have stated (the equivalent of) that > > it is not their job to make editorial decisions on what the root zone > > contains. They distribute what the ICANN/NTIA/Verisign gestalt > > publishes. > > yes. for one example, see: > > http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04jan08.htm > > other rootops who have spoken about this have said similar/compatible > things. Just to clarify, since I'm responsible for that particular red herring, I had at the time forgotten that the TLD zone don't actually *live* in the root -- I know; silly me, right? -- and that the root wouldn't be affected by the sort of things that previously-2LD now TLD operators might want to do with their monocomponent names... which as someone pointed out, a 3-digit RFC forbids for security reasons anyway. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274