[Chapter-delegates] Draft ISOC comments on WGIG report

[Franck Martin]

Steve,

I know that.

My point is the WGIG report is misleading on this point. I find it
dangerous.

Cheers

Steve Crocker wrote:

> Anycasting provides service to all countries who want it.  All the 
> rest is just appearances and pride.
>
> Steve
>
>
> Steve Crocker
> steve at shinkuro.com
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2005, at 8:14 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>>
>> I guess it predates ICANN, but putting such a statement in the WGIG
>> report implicates that there can be only 13 root servers and that's  it.
>> So many countries cannot have a root server. I find this statement
>> highly misleading and in defavor of ICANN.
>>
>> Is the limitation you explain still true with IPv6? I guess the root
>> servers have an IPv6 address now.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> Steve Crocker wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Franck,
>>>
>>> The formula of 13 root servers predates ICANN.  It's approximately
>>> the number of addresses that fit into one packet and is related to
>>> the technological limitations in starting up DNS service for a
>>> client.  Each of the 13 addresses corresponds to one of the 13 root
>>> server operations, lettered A though M.  Many of these servers use
>>> anycast to provide multiple distributed servers, as you suggested.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve Crocker
>>> steve at shinkuro.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 9, 2005, at 6:49 PM, Franck Martin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> [PS: Michael can you send me the attachment again, it got  removed  on
>>>> the way by our anti-virus scan engine]
>>>>
>>>> I have a question about the WGIG report, it states that there can
>>>> only be 13 root servers due to technological issues. Is that  true.  I
>>>> suppose these 13 are without counting the anycast servers? I fear
>>>> here another go at discrediting ICANN?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Franck Martin
>> ICT Specialist
>> franck at sopac.org
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>>

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