> > More interestingly, how many root servers allow recursive lookup?
>
> a quick looping probe shows that none of them do, nor the gTLD servers
> (phew!) although L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET and H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET
> are unreachable
> from my view. Preparing an accurate list of all TLD servers
> glued in the
> root zone will take a little longer.I was taking about root servers at ALL levels, not just the root.
Perhaps you are using the term "root servers" in a different
manner than I am used to. For me:
"Root Server" = a DNS server for the zone "." in the Internet.
What do you mean by "root servers at ALL levels, not just the root."
That construction just does not parse.
--bill