Claiming Authority for root

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Barry" == Barry Margolin <barmar at genuity.net> writes:

    Barry> Actually, there's one way I can think of to avoid causing
    Barry> problems with this.  Even though your server is
    Barry> authoritative for the root zone, it doesn't need to list
    Barry> itself in the NS records in the zone.  Put all the standard
    Barry> ROOT-SERVER.NET NS records in your root zone, and they'll
    Barry> be copied into the Authority Records section of the
    Barry> replies.

Good idea. But DON'T do that if you have a private root zone on a
network that doesn't have connectivity to the internet. Then again if
someone has such a network they should already know that.