Hosting multiple TLDs

[G. Roderick Singleton]

On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 18:58, Jim Reid wrote:
> >>>>> "gerry" == G Roderick Singleton <gerry at pathtech.org> writes:
> 
>     gerry> I haven't followed the thread but if the subject is any
>     gerry> indication of the question then the answer ought to be that
>     gerry> you don't host TLDs. That is the function of the root
>     gerry> servers.
> 
> Er no. Your statement will be a big surprise to the root server
> operators. The root servers don't "host TLDs". They serve the root
> zone. Each TLD has its own set of name servers. And apart from .arpa
> (for historical reasons) no TLD is served or hosted on the root name
> servers.

Oops ;-( You are right. Still one should not get the idea that
individual machines can host the TLDs themselves rather they should
remember that host domains that are members of any TLD. 
-- 
Gerry Roderick Singleton <gerry at pathtech.org>
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