>The example was aimed at showing that while the telephone numbers are
>unique, domain names are not if we allow multiple independent roots.
Hellooooo. This has nothing to do with multiple roots.
ns1 IN A 199.166.24.1
IN A 204.138.71.254
# nslookup ns1
Server: ns1.vrx.net
Address: 199.166.24.1
Name: ns1.vrx.net
Addresses: 199.166.24.1, 204.138.71.254
Server: ns1.vrx.net
Address: 199.166.24.1
Name: www.yahoo.com
Addresses: 204.71.200.74, 204.71.200.75, 204.71.200.68, 204.71.200.67
# nslookup www.altavista.com
Server: ns1.vrx.net
Address: 199.166.24.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: altavista.com
Addresses: 204.152.190.11, 204.152.190.16, 204.152.190.13, 204.152.190.19
204.152.190.14, 204.152.190.72, 204.152.190.71, 204.152.190.70, 204.15
2.190.69
204.152.190.18, 209.162.76.5, 209.162.76.11
Aliases: www.altavista.com
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