Jeff, it's a word you are MOST familiar with, called a "TYPO."
I understand you wrote a text on the subject for SMU.
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:13:22 +0100, Jeff Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>William and all,
>
> Excuse me William, I thought Vixie was running F.ROOT-SERVER.NET.
>In fact I never heard of an R.ROOT-SERVER.NET. Has anyone else??
>
>William X. Walsh wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:48:55 -0700 (PDT), Greg Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >Now, on the other hand, it may not be very well known that consumers
>> >have choices, or that there might be reasons why they should exercise
>> >the choices they have. Is this ICANN's fault? (Note, Mike Roberts is
>> >on record as stating that users can take name resolution from
>> >alternate roots if they wish.)
>>
>> How gracious of him! *sarcasm intended*
>> The simple fact is that he knows that the current root servers, as the
>> "default" install (heck, what do you expect, Vixie makes Bind, Vixie
>> runs the r.root-servers.net), will always be the dominating root, and
>> basically dictate to the others (For if they don't follow the
>> dictates, they will lose whatever ISP support they have).
>>
>> --
>> William X. Walsh
>> General Manager, DSo Internet Services
>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
>>
>> "The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
>> characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
>> --Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
>
>Regards,
--
William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
"The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
--Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
