root-servers.net replaced?

[Cricket Liu]

> > Any explanations for the new domain names that are associated here?
> > Why would Verisign change the name?
>
> Verisign has nothing to do with root-servers.

Uh, I don't know about that.  VeriSign GRS runs two of the 13 root
name servers, and the SOA record for the root-servers.net zone shows
a.root-servers.net (run by VeriSign) as the MNAME for the zone, and
hostmaster at nsiregistry.net as the RNAME:

$ dig soa root-servers.net.

; <<>> DiG 9.2.0 <<>> soa root-servers.net.
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44961
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;root-servers.net.              IN      SOA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
root-servers.net.       604800  IN      SOA     a.root-servers.net.
hostmaster.nsiregistry.net. 2000080802 14400 7200 1209600 3600000

cricket

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