root-servers.net replaced?

[Will Yardley]

In article <a7ov25$otu at pub3.rc.vix.com>, CJ wrote:
> 
> It used to be that the 13 root servers where all X.root-servers.net (X
> is a variable to represent [a-m]) now I see that the ones that crop up
> (usually when using a bogus dig command)are X.gtld-servers.net I also
> ocasionally see L2.NSTLD.COM a group of these are cropping up.

the root servers are authoritative for '.'
the gtld-servers are authoritative for com. edu. and net.

> Any explanations for the new domain names that are associated here?
> Why would Verisign change the name?

aura% dig com. ns +norec @b.root-servers.net

; <<>> DiG 9.3.0s20020122 <<>> com. ns +norec @b.root-servers.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49314
;; flags: qr; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 13, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 13

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;com.                           IN      NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
com.                    172800  IN      NS      H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.
com.                    172800  IN      NS      G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.54.112.30
C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.26.92.30
I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.43.172.30
B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.33.14.30
D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.31.80.30
L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.41.162.30
F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.35.51.30
J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       210.132.100.101
K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       213.177.194.5
E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.12.94.30
M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.55.83.30
A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.5.6.30
G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     172800  IN      A       192.42.93.30

;; Query time: 46 msec
;; SERVER: 128.9.0.107#53(b.root-servers.net)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 25 20:59:47 2002
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 453

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