Hosting multiple TLDs

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 08:28:10AM -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> 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. 

This is actually a good illustration of why replying in the middle of a
thread is a bad idea.  The original author clarified and corrected her
query long ago, in her next posting.  She wanted to know whether, as
some at her location were insisting, a .edu name server was forbidden
from serving names IN other TLDs.  She was, of course, reinforced in
her conviction that no such prohibition exists.

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