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DNS Root Servers Outside US Surpass Those Inside
penciling_in writes "Paul Rendek, head of member services and communica of RIPE Network
Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) has
reported on CircleID that: 'For the first time in Internet history the
number of instances of DNS root servers outside the United States has overtaken
the number within. The balance was tipped by the recent launch in Frankfurt of
an anycast instance of the RIPE
NCC operated K-root server.' In
the same report, Daniel Karrenberg, Chief Scientist of the RIPE NCC says:
'We monitor the quality of the root name service from more than 50
locations worldwide, and we publish the results for everyone to see.'"
Don't forget Canadia, otherwise who would Bush have to blame for mad cow disease? Of course they couldn't possibly have servers there, it's nothing but snow and crazy cows, right... ? =D
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hahaha, shut up. someday canada is gonna rise up and overthrow you arrogant american pricks. you think you control the world. the only thing you control is nothing you scared of flying losers. hehe.
Most people don't even know what the root nameservers are, or how they work. Hell, most people don't even understand DNS.
Posting a technical story like this has confused most slashdoters, as can been seen by the lack of comments that have anything to do with the story.
Andrew
Just a minor point but Spain hasn't been a "major power" for a very, very long time. Spain isn't even a minor power. While we're there we might as well point out that England and Germany also don't exactly fall into the "major power" catagory either.
England doesn't fart without checking with Washington first and Germany hasn't had a pair since the end of WWII. They're "Legacy" powers who get accorded respect because the United States feels silly just sitting in the big power room with China.
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