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Date:      Sun, 15 Sep 2002 13:11:38 -0700
From:      Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
To:        benjamin@seattleFenix.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Windows as opposed to Other OS's
Message-ID:  <57AB774A-C8E7-11D6-8217-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020915064746.G19204@mail.seattleFenix.net>

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On Sunday, Sep 15, 2002, at 06:47 US/Pacific, Benjamin Krueger wrote:

> * Anthony Atkielski (anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) [020915 05:42]:
>> Robert writes:
>>
>>> For internet structure, I'll change my tune when
>>> the 13 root name servers are running Advanced
>>> Server.
>>
>> What are the root servers running right now?
>
>   I just spent 25 minutes googling for an authoritative list of root 
> nameservers
> and what operating systems and platforms they run on, however I 
> couldn't find
> any such list. The only machine I could find was A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 
> which lives
> in VA with NSI and runs on an IBM S80 RS/6000 running AIX. From what I 
> gleaned
> of the gTLD documentation, all of the root nameservers run a form of 
> UNIX on
> various hardware, and all of them run BIND.

Until fa few years ago I believe they were running SunOS on remarkably 
old Sun equipment.  Don't know now, but I've got a twenty that says 
that the most common combination would be BIND/Solaris/Sun.

KeS


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