[dns-operations] The (very) uneven distribution of DNS root servers on the Internet

[Simon Munton]

> now that i've been reminded that the SOA timers are shorter than the
> update frequency and that no NOTIFY is required for up-to-date stealth
> slave service; and now that the root is signed, making it unlikely that
> stealth copies will be amended or that their namespaces will be
> overloaded with other stealth slaves... i agree with drc here. let's
> start encouraging widespread stealth slavery for the root zone.

I agree - I also think a formal documented infrastructure of first & 
second level ROOT slaves could be useful to spread the load - similar to 
NTP?