[governance] India's communications minister - root server misunderstanding (still...)

[Roland Perry]

In message <5021160E.4090209 at cafonso.ca>, at 10:20:14 on Tue, 7 Aug 
2012, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> writes

>there is only one server, the "distribution
>master" (the a.root-servers.net) called by David where the root zone
>file is stored and modified.

Is it the same server as a.root-servers.net, or a relatively undisclosed 
non-public server?

...

>If a saboteur explodes this server installation (each one of the 13 is
>actually a cluster for resilience and security), does the Internet stop?
>No, of course, the net of replicators will make sure the Internet
>continues to operate fine. But no more changes in the root, Virginia,
>until the "mother server" is rebuilt in Virginia :)

Or the root server operators could rapidly devise a new ad-hoc 
arrangement for distributing updates - that's one of the benefits of 
being an informal system.
-- 
Roland Perry

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