Re: example.com/net/org DNS records

[bill <bmanning () karoshi com>]

> > > Does anyone know why IANA has assigned NS and A records to the
> > > example.{com,org,net,...} domains?  They even put up a website
> > > at the IP explaining RFC 2606.
> > because they are owned by the IANA.  
>
> pedantic point:
>
> no, they are not 'owned' by anybody.  they are *reserved*, and
> should not be used by anybody.
>
> randy

        Ok...  IANA has paid the registration fees for those
        domains in the past, I have no idea what the current
        situation is.  Now I know that paying for something 
        does not always equate to ownership, but that is a 
        common perception.  as usual, YMMV.

--bill