Nick McClure wrote: > The Root Servers The physical servers (the hardware) are not owned by the US. They are owned by the hosting organisations. A significant part of the hosting organizations does not fall under US jurisdiction: http://www.root-servers.org/ The only thing that falls exclusively under US control is the system that is used to update the zone files on said servers. And if said hosting organisations choose to disable access to said servers to update the zone files US control is gone. Everyone would prefer not to have to do that because it would effectively freeze important domains like .com in their current condition and create a DNS fork where the result of a DNS query depends on the root server you happen to use.
>From a technical standpoint, US control over the root is greatly exaggerated. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165254 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
