[discuss] Real world Impact of multiple roots

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Ben fuller <ben at fuller.na> wrote:

> All,
>
> [snip]

Also, what are the mechanics of switching to another root? I’m thinking of
> questions like; How do you program routers? Can undersea cables carry both
> types of traffic? Could BIND handle two roots? Etc.
>
> Ben
>
> Dr Ben fuller
> ben at fuller.na
> http://www.fuller.na
>
> - - -
>

Hi Ben,

Multiple roots have been around since 1995. Switching to a root boils down
to setting name servers IP addresses in the network parameters of a user's
terminal, or his organization gateway.

If the root used contains the zone files of all TLDs needed by users, e.g.
Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, ICANN, and some private nets, then there is no
need to switch to other roots.

As said in previous posts, routers and undersea cables do not process
domain names, they carry any traffic.

Provided implementations are sufficiently up to date, BIND works with any
root conforming to RFC formats.

You may visit ..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root
www.open-root.eu/?lang=en

Louis
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