On 10/02/2016 16:45, Steve Sheng wrote:
Hi Arturo, thank you very much for the feedback! See my responses inline:
From: <rssac-caucus-bounces@icann.org <mailto:rssac-caucus-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of Arturo Servin <arturo.servin@gmail.com <mailto:arturo.servin@gmail.com>> Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 7:16 PM To: Tripti Sinha <tsinha@umd.edu <mailto:tsinha@umd.edu>>, "rssac-caucus@icann.org <mailto:rssac-caucus@icann.org>" <rssac-caucus@icann.org <mailto:rssac-caucus@icann.org>> Subject: Re: [rssac-caucus] DNS Root Server System history - input
Hi
I really enjoyed reading the document. I am not young but unfortunately I wasn't yet there to have much of feedback.
In all the initial tables 1-2 the software was included, later in 3 there isn't any mention. I wonder if this is because there isn't information or if it wasn't consider relevant anymore.
Mostly it was considered not relevant anymore. The first two tables were to show software diversity in the root server system, and how it moved from mainframe to Unix and from JEEVEs to BIND. I think it would be nice to reintroduce software diversity when ripe NCC took on the responsibility of k-root. Im not sure of the history myself but i was lead to believe that at this point most if not all root servers where running bind which prompted RIPE NCC to work with NLnet labs to produce NSD
John