Mark Jeftovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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.
And I think it was early versions of the resolver which shipped
with Win9x which didn't implement this algorithm.
Chris
