You might find: http://www.rssac.org/stats.html interesting % Does anyone have pointers to data on what sort of sever load the root % servers currently face? And, especially, how this compares to what they % can stand? (Not to mention how we calculate the latter...) % % And while I'm wishing, how about data showing how this compares to the % load on the name servers that serve, say, .com? % % Thanks! % % On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Keith Moore wrote: % [...] % > > This means that the number of % > > stale cache hits for existing TLDs goes down at the same time as the % > > number of stale cache hits for new TLDs goes up (although not necessarily % > > the same rate). In order to significantly threaten the root load, you % > > would have to significantly increase the number of queries. % > % > that's simply incorrect. % > % > > My point is that ICANN only needs to design policies which allow for the % > > creation of TLDs such as .auto and .car, but they do not need to decide % > > that specifically .auto gets in while .car does not. % > % > Sure, but such decisions still have to be made due to various considerations % > including but not limited to root server load, and moving that decision away % > from ICANN to another controversial organization isn't likely to solve any % > problems that I can see. % > % > Ketih % > % > % % -- % Please visit http://www.icannwatch.org % A. Michael Froomkin | Professor of Law | froomkin@law.tm % U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA % +1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm % -->It's hot here.<-- % -- --bill