[ga-roots] They're in the IETF archive now...

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

Alternative Roots and the Virtual Inclusive Root
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-higgs-virtual-root-00.txt

    This Internet Draft discusses the "alternate roots" and the "virtual
    inclusive root", in an attempt to help clear up misunderstandings on
    their use in the Internet. This document solves the problem of
    duplicate colliding top level domains by identifying the "virtual
    inclusive root", in compliance with the IAB's RFC 2826, "IAB
    Statement on the Unique DNS Root".


Root Zone Definitions
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-higgs-root-defs-01.txt

    The purpose of this memo is to provide guidelines to prevent a
    root zone fragmentation. This memo is provided as a supplement to
    Request For Comments 2826 (RFC2826). RFC2826 states that there
    is a single unique root of the public DNS. This memo attempts to
    resolve outstanding issues pertaining to a unique root while
    maintain the unicity of the DNS across any variation of the actual
    data contained in a root zone. In other words, the total sum of
    DNS data from all variations of root zone data is a single unique
    root. This root zone is defined in this memo as the "Virtual
    Inclusive Root".

    This memo also attempts to further refine the concepts of RFC2826
    by defining the relationship between the U.S. Government Root Zone
    and the Private and Inclusive Root Zones.

    This memo does not provide guidelines for the introduction of new
    Top Level Domains, nor does it address the various issues that have
    delayed the introduction of new TLDs since the first requests were
    submitted to IANA in 1995.



Best Regards,

Simon

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