>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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