A list of who operates each server, as well as their geographical location can be found at: http://root-servers.org/ Quoting from a statement by ICANN: "In addition, each root name server operator has contact information (in hard copy) for all other operators, thus should an issue be detected, the root name server operators can get in contact with each other (assuming the telephone system is operational). " The entire statement can be found at: http://www.icann.org/committees/dns-root/y2k-statement.htm although it deals with an unrelated topic, the relevant portion can be found in the administration section. I also came across a powerpoint presentation by Paul Vixie and a few others which states: "each root name server operator has contact information (digitally secured and hardcopy) for all other operators" The entire version (in HTML courtesy of googles cache) can be found at: http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:MU55Q5m9DggC:www.wwtld.org/~wwtld/lives cribe/JunMurai2.ppt+root+server+operator+contact+information&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 I believe the only people able to provide a list are the operators themselves and ICANN. Is anybody certain of this? -Daniel Pelstring ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Baptista" <baptista@dot-god.com> To: "Daniel Pelstring" <culsu@CULSU.NET> Cc: <ietf@ietf.org> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: IS THERE A CONTACT LIST OF ROOT SERVER OPERATORS - was Re: anyone remember when the root servers were hi-jacked? (fwd) > > Does anyone know of such a list? > > Cheers > Joe Baptista > > -- > Planet Communications & Computing Facility > a division of The dot.GOD Registry, Limited > > On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Daniel Pelstring wrote: > > > Since NSI has gone rogue and, many would argue that ICANN has too, I wish he > > was around to run another "test". Is anybody able to do this again? > > > > -Daniel Pelstring > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dave Crocker" <dave@tribalwise.com> > > To: <owner-ietf@ietf.org>; "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" > > <froomkin@law.miami.edu> > > Cc: <lordb@nomad.tallship.net>; <ietf@ietf.org> > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:25 PM > > Subject: Re: anyone remember when the root servers were hi-jacked? (fwd) > > > > > > > Michael, > > > > > > > > > Thursday, October 31, 2002, 6:28:08 PM, you wrote: > > > Michael> http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/icann-body.htm#B170 > > > Michael> tells the story as best I could reconstruct it. There are > > footnotes to > > > Michael> the documents I could find. > > > > > > Notice that Professor Froomkin's "To his detractors" text does not > > > attempt any balance by offering any other explanation. > > > > > > As even Prof. Froomkin notes, things were fragile back then. That > > > included concern over the possibility that NSI would go rogue. NSI > > > controlled the master root. The one that all others took their data > > > from. Jon needed to test the ability to switch to a different master > > > DNS root, to make sure that there were ways to "route around" this > > > concern over NSI. > > > > > > That's all the test was. Jon was clear about the need for this, weeks > > > before the test. All anyone needed to do was ask him, rather than > > > engage in unfounded, inflammatory speculation. > > > > > > The other point that folks keep forgetting is that Jon had been > > > issuing operation directives for the root servers since the inception > > > of the DNS. How can one "take over" something that one has been > > > responsible for over its entire existence? > > > > > > All of the storm and fury has been from people who have had nothing to > > > do with the running of the DNS, but instead have focused strictly on > > > the politics of it. (In fact, it was quite interesting to see that a > > > year of federal inter-agency task force meetings -- including > > > Magaziner's participation -- took place with most participants having > > > almost no understanding of DNS technical basics. We had to arrange a > > > tutorial for them.) > > > > > > d/ > > > -- > > > Dave Crocker <mailto:dave@tribalwise.com> > > > TribalWise <http://www.tribalwise.com> > > > t +1.408.246.8253; f +1.408.850.1850 > > > > > > > > > >