Re: Am I the only one who thinks this is disconcerting?

[Matt Corallo <nanog () as397444 net>]

On 11/8/23 2:23 PM, Bryan Fields wrote:
> On 11/8/23 2:25 PM, owen () Delong com wrote:
> > Seems irresponsible to me that a root-server (or other critical DNS provider) would engage in a 
> > peering war to the exclusion of workable DNS.
>
> I've brought this up before and the root servers are not really an IANA function IIRC.  There's not 
> much governance over them, other than what's on root-servers.org.  I think a case could be made that 
> C is in violation of the polices on that page and RFC 7720 section 3.
>
> Basically none of the root servers want to change this and thus it's never going to change.  DNS 
> will fail and select another to talk to, and things will still work.

At what point does HE just host a second C root and announce the same IPv6s? Might irritate Cogent, 
but its not more "bad" than Cogent failing to uphold the requirements for running a root server.

Matt