Fwd: The Root has got an A record

Mon Oct 10 15:25:04 UTC 2005

Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
> i'm reading looking for your explanation but there isnt one.
> 
> and the A record is for what?

The A record is for "." (the DNS root).  Or at least "." as public-root 
sees it.

> anyway its on a private dns server, the internet roots are fine so why worry? :)

It might impact people who have drunk enough of the public-root kool-aid 
to be using it instead of the ICANN root.  For everyone else, its just 
more evidence that alternative roots are usually a bad idea. ;-)