root name servers

Wed Oct 28 20:36:12 UTC 1998

> It is important to have both.  You don't want all your name servers
> sitting in the same rack (plugged into the same 6-socket electric cord),
> nor do you want all your name servers sitting on the same subnet.  It
> doesn't matter how many you have, if they all go away due to the same
> problem.
> 
> 
> $ whois intur.net
> 
> Registrant:
> Inturnet, Inc. (INTUR-DOM)
>    811 Alpha Drive Suite 331
>    Richardson, TX 75081
>    USA
> 
>    Domain Name: INTUR.NET
> 
> [...]
> 
>    Domain servers in listed order:
> 
>    NS1.INTUR.NET		206.97.151.9
>    NS2.INTUR.NET		206.97.151.8
>    NS3.INTUR.NET		206.97.151.14
>    NS4.INTUR.NET		206.97.151.15
> 
> -- 
> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
>   Affiliation given for identification not representation

Sean,
	You neglect to note that these are likely topologically diverse
and passed around as host routes.... :)  Either that or they are virtual
interfaces on the same box... :)