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Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Date:
Thu, 8 Jul 99 10:51:44 JST
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<199907072352.JAA06822@bsdi.dv.isc.org>; from "marka@isc.org" at Jul 8, 99 9:52 am
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Re: Topological Motivation for draft-ohta-root-servers-01.txt?
Mark; > I suspect that it would be better to say that the servers > need to be distributed so that there is, in general, not > the need to make inter-continental, trans-oceanic or > satellite hops. All of these types of links introduce > large delays. I have never heard such reasoning to have multiple (root) servers. If you insist, it can be added, but: > Does < 100ms sound > like a good figure? are you saying that there should not be new root servers if the TTLs to existing ones is < 100ms? Note that it is not my business to fake a false or weakened reasoning to have a lot of root servers. Masataka Ohta