[dns-operations] FreeBSD and the slaving of the root zone

[Mark Andrews]

> 
> On 2-Aug-2007, at 10:09, Simon Waters wrote:
> 
> > The only reason to use the root servers for the AXFR is because  
> > they are
> > expected to offer that information.
> 
> Except that they are not, the observation that a small handful offer  
> AXFR for diagnostic purposes notwithstanding.

	They are however the only authoritative source offing it
	over the DNS (even if only for diagnotics purposes).  The
	other source is via ftp.
 
> Joe
> 
> _______________________________________________
> dns-operations mailing list
> dns-operations at lists.oarci.net
> http://lists.oarci.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations
-- 
Mark Andrews, ISC
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org