On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Christian Huitema wrote: [snip] > Obviously, cutting of the A root would have some pretty drastic > consequences. On the other hand, there are many computers that have no > business contacting directly the root servers. For example, in many > enterprises and campuses, computers are suppose to send their DNS > traffic to a configured relay. not realy. If 'A' stops answering you'll just ask questions of the others. The issue is not if 'A' goes off the air, there are always other servers to talk to. -rick