Re: root name servers

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

> It is important to have both.  You don't want all your name servers
> sitting in the same rack (plugged into the same 6-socket electric cord),
> nor do you want all your name servers sitting on the same subnet.  It
> doesn't matter how many you have, if they all go away due to the same
> problem.
>
>
> $ whois intur.net
>
> Registrant:
> Inturnet, Inc. (INTUR-DOM)
>    811 Alpha Drive Suite 331
>    Richardson, TX 75081
>    USA
>
>    Domain Name: INTUR.NET
>
> [...]
>
>    Domain servers in listed order:
>
>    NS1.INTUR.NET              206.97.151.9
>    NS2.INTUR.NET              206.97.151.8
>    NS3.INTUR.NET              206.97.151.14
>    NS4.INTUR.NET              206.97.151.15
>
> -- 
> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
>   Affiliation given for identification not representation

Sean,
        You neglect to note that these are likely topologically diverse
and passed around as host routes.... :)  Either that or they are virtual
interfaces on the same box... :)