M.W.Chang spewed electrons into the ether that assembled into: > I am using dig to grab the root.hints every day. Always work... The > first copy of root.hints was ftp-downloaded, though. Frankly, is there > any guarantee/agreement that there is _ALWAYS_ a root.hints for the > world to download from the Staets? :)
not as such. but if InterNIC wants to continue their monopoly on the root servers, they have to provide the information. And if it ever does go away, there are alternate root servers. I use a set other than InterNICs, as a matter of fact -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://www.linux-sxs.org and http://jobs.linux-sxs.org Design is like a religion - too much of it makes you inflexible and unpopular. - Linus _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
