Re: [ga-roots] How the sky might fall

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Page Howe wrote:

> As more of a reader of the list, thank you for the clarification of the
> incorrect factual information.
>
>   Taking me back to domain names 101 am i correct in saying that the root
> which ICANN "runs" is simply a list of the name servers on which to find the
> server names and locations for a specific top level domain like .uk?

At the present time that is correct. It is contemplated in their contract
with the DoC that in the future control of the actual root servers that
resolve the queries would be turned over to ICANN.

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                               Patrick Greenwell
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