On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Robert L Mathews wrote:
> (I'm sure that's what Mark was saying, but it could be read as implying
> that the root servers themselves are doing the RTT measurements and
> handing out the order based on that, which isn't the case.)
>
Actually Robert, I stand corrected. I was indeed thinking at the time
that the root servers were making the RTT measurements but reading your
follow-up, I slap my forehead "of course!" It is the resolver that is
doing this, the roots just hand out the NS list.
-mark
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