On 17-May-2006, at 10:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
well Peter, ONE root server operator has that practice. Others
have different practices regarding anycast.
Actually, it looks to me like all thirteen root servers answer
"HOSTNAME.BIND CHAOS TXT" queries (J might check for trailing dots,
maybe ;-) and also that F and C share a strikingly similar naming
scheme.
[octopus:~]% for n in a b c d e f g h i j k l m; do
for> echo -n "trying ${n}... "
for> dig @${n}.root-servers.net hostname.bind chaos txt +short
for> done
trying a... "ns6-aroot"
trying b... "b3"
trying c... "ord1a.c.root-servers.org"
trying d... "d-root.net.umd.edu"
trying e... "e4.arc.nasa.gov"
trying f... "yyz1b.f.root-servers.org"
trying g... "g.root-servers.net"
trying h... "H1"
trying i... "s1.was"
trying j... "jns1-kr.j.root-servers.net.j.root-servers.net"
trying k... "k2.nap"
trying l... "l1.l.root-servers.org"
trying m... "M-SFO-1"
[octopus:~]%
Joe
