The root nameservers will be replaced August 1st

Thu Jul 18 05:06:44 UTC 1996

  Hmm.....

  NAP operators making judgement about content...  Hmm...  I wonder
  if there are any applicable precedents here...

  -alan

.........  Steven Schnell is rumored to have said:
] 
] Convenient for some, a headache for others.  Any responsible NAP operator 
] would have to either approve the application running on his network or 
] shutdown its unauthorized operation.  You know, like disable its 
] connection to the exchange point!
] 
] steve
] 
] 
] On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Jim Fleming wrote:
] 
] > On Wednesday, July 17, 1996 4:51 AM, Tim Salo[SMTP:salo at msc.edu] wrote:
] > <snip>
] > @ 
] > @ More interestingly, if someone wants to create an alternative set of
] > @ root servers, there is no particularly good reason for them to be located
] > @ at exchange points, (unless I am confused about what networks are all
] > @ about...).  True, servers at exchange points should exhibit greater
] > @ availability, but that is probably not the largest challenge faced by
] > @ alternative root servers.
] > @ 
] > 
] > These are very good points. I think that the exchange points
] > are just convienant co-location sites. Also, in the future, there
] > may be other services on those boxes that have not been
] > announced yet. It is useful to have the boxes in strategic
] > locations in advance of additional changes.
] > 
] > --
] > Jim Fleming
] > UNETY Systems, Inc.
] > Naperville, IL
] > 
] > e-mail: JimFleming at unety.net
] > 
] > 
] 
] 