Root Name Server Confederations

Tue May 20 22:55:11 UTC 1997

> 
> i guess i've said this about 900 times now.  DNS is a coherent, distributed
> database.  don't do anything that will make it less coherent.  don't lets
> start back in on things that will make the same name mean something different
> (or become meaningless) depending on where you're standing when you resolve
> it.
> 

actually, a name meaning something different depending on where you are 
when you resolve it actually can be a very good thing.  just not in the 
context of multiple "." domains under independent control.

b3n