Root Servers?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9hfv50$3dc at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Chip Paswater  <turk182 at chipware.net> wrote:
>;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     458719  IN      A       198.41.0.10
>K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     458719  IN      A       193.0.14.129
>L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     458719  IN      A       198.32.64.12
>M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     458719  IN      A       202.12.27.33
>
>;; Query time: 9 msec
>;; SERVER: 10.0.0.1#53(10.0.0.1)
>;; WHEN: Thu Jun 28 11:43:51 2001
>;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 292
>
>
>Only 4 root servers are showing up...  Does this mean that only 4 out of 13
>are functioning today?  Please enlighten me

No, it means that only 4 of their IP addresses are still in your local
server's cache.  I'm not sure why the other ones would have timed out
sooner than these 4, but that's what it means.

If you want a complete answer, it's usually better to ask one of the root
servers, rather than your local server, as the other poster suggested.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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