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From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To: William Palfreman <william@palfreman.com>
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Subject: Re: 4.7-R-p3: j.root-servers.net
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 08:31:14PM +0000, William Palfreman wrote:
> As far as I can see, I've yet to hear a good technical argument why
> there need be only one root.  Possible problems with multiple roots

I'll give you one: distribution of new roots. Overcome that problem
and you have the same problem again: who is in charge of the
distribution of a new root?

Edwin

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