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Re: root name servers
From: Sean Donelan <SEAN () SDG DRA COM>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:11:48 -0600
noc () nso ORG (Network Operations Center) writes:
anybody knows the physical location of all root name servers, or a pointer ?
The precise physical location (e.g. room number and rack) of all the root name servers is not generally available public information. It isn't "classified" information in the military sense, but some people get nervous nonetheless. Anyone who has been around the Net for a while will pick up that information eventually. A list of the general physical location (e.g. city and organization) can be found at <http://www.nic.mil/DNS/root-server.html>. It isn't precisely accurate, but I don't know if it is deliberate deception, or just an Oops, close enough for government work. It doesn't include the more recent root-servers servers at LINX and WIDE. However, as the last few attempts by NSI proved, geographic location isn't as important as network topology. Putting a GTLD name server in London doesn't do any good if its network connectivity sucks. -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation
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