> Should _every_ Internet user (let count one billion) receive a > personal copy of the root file every month, the decrease of root > related traffic on the Internet would be by 90%. That the > root server > system works well, does not implies that the root servers system > concept is still the best solution. We now have 1.5 billions (most of > the Internet users and many more) who will access the NewStar root file. > > jfc > The last time I had a reason keep a copy of the root file locally was back around 1999 and I think .com alone weighed in at over 3 gigs (I think that was uncompressed, but I've been hit in the head a lot in the last six years so I don't quite remember). I know you weren't serious, but at it's uncompressed size in 1999 it would be bandwidth cost efficient to send the root file to someone only if they were to perform approximately 6.3 million queries per version of root file (which would of course become outdated during transfer). Now lets say it's only a one time transfer and after that only updates are sent. Well forgetting the bandwidth generated by the updates, if a person performed 200 queries a night it would take them about 86 years to reach the 6.3 million needed to make the initial transfer cost effective. I'm sorry, one should never answer angry and I'm well...okay I just think it's stupid to do away with the root and I think dns delegation has exquisite scalability and near absolute empowerment to the people. Any possibility that the Internet might not be able to support DNS resolver traffic because of a root server bottleneck is beyond my concept of reality. If it truly is a bottleneck then maybe we need to seek the advise of some adult webmasters and ask them how they manage to serve multiple terabytes of porn a day without breaking a sweat or bringing down their ISP. Considering that when two technical people have a discussion you end up with 3 opinions that neither one agrees with I feel somewhat better not "letting everyone play" in the root. In fact I'm all for fairness but I'm not about to agree to tearing down a genius system just so foreign nationalists can have their ego satisfied by sticking their finger in the pot (Jefsey the foreign nationalist comment IS NOT directed at you at all - it's directed at the politicians and delegates who live life like it's a game of push and pushback). My apologies for the rant, I'm sure I'll regret it when someone who knows more than me replies explaining why I'm wrong. nick. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf