Or “Distribution Primary?” I think given this chart that “Distribution 
Authority” is less clear, since the real authority is the stealth primary.

> On May 5, 2021, at 3:09 PM, Michael Richardson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Ted Lemon <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On May 5, 2021, at 11:51 AM, Michael Richardson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> 3) We would be happy to go with another term, but we don't want to
>>> invent another term.  So, if the DNS anycast operator has another
>>> term, then I'd go with it.
> 
>> Authority database?
> 
> I thought that you were asking who was an authoritive database of operators.
> Then I understood that you are suggesting "authority database" as the term.
> 
> Some ascii art, (so pick a sensible mono-spaced font, or use the archive 
> link):
> 
> .-----.      .-----.
> | S P | ---> | D M |----\-------\------\
> `-----'      `-----'    |       |      |
>                        V       V      V
>                     .-----. .----. .----.
>                     | Sec | | Sec| |Sec |
>                     `-----' `----' `----'
> 
> S.P. = Stealth Primary
> Sec  = Secondary
> D M  = Distribution M*
> 
> Note that the "DM" is usually not listed as an NS, but rather,
> two or more "Sec" are what is listed.
> 
> So, maybe "Distribution Authority" would make us both happy.
> 
> --
> Michael Richardson <[email protected]>   . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
>           Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide

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