In the hope of closing a loop, I trust that everyone who has tried to turn this into a big deal and a huge international crisis, or has otherwise gotten worked up about it, has seen the statement in Friday's _People's Daily_. For those who have not, I recommend a quick reading of http://english.people.com.cn/200603/03/eng20060303_247684.html It is mercifully short (only four paragraphs) and extremely clear: the previous report was wrong, '...the content of the report is severely inconsistent with the facts', 'The only difference is to add a second level domain ".MIL.CN" in .CN ccTLD', etc. There are no "independent root-servers" in China, or at least none that anyone official is willing to claim. Next? john _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf