Odd Root Server Issue?

[Cricket Liu]

> I've missed something here, what is GRS? and how does it cause a GTLD
> server to have this A record?

VeriSign GRS is VeriSign Global Registry Services, the organization
that runs the registry for com, net and org.  They don't "cause a
gTLD server to have this A record."  They accept registration from
registrars, and at one point someone registered mail.northroute.net
through a registrar.

cricket

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