Root Authority

Tue Dec 16 02:31:02 UTC 2003

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:28:05 PST, bill said:

> Sorry Mr Bush.  We derive our authority from the old IANA, who
> assigned out the exiting roots.

No, that's who *appointed* you.  However, you derive your actual
authority from all the named.ca hints files that point to you.

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