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