Re: How common is lack of DNS server diversity?

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>]

On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 10:35:06AM -0800, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> > > More interestingly, how many root servers allow recursive lookup?
> >
> > a quick looping probe shows that none of them do, nor the gTLD servers
> > (phew!) although L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET and H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 
> > are unreachable
> > from my view. Preparing an accurate list of all TLD servers 
> > glued in the
> > root zone will take a little longer.
>
> I was taking about root servers at ALL levels, not just the root.

I believe the phrasing Roeland may be looking for is "how many *zone*
servers (ie: authoritative servers, not customer resolvers) allow
recursive lookups", no, Roeland?

Cheers,
-- jra
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