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[Daniel Karrenberg <]

  > Geert Jan de Groot <GeertJan.deGroot@localhost writes:
  > 
  > Actually, this was done to make the response packets for root nameserver
  > requests shorter, allowing for additional root nameservers.
  > (responses have a packet length limit)
  > Rumor has it that there might be a new root nameserver 
  > in the asia-pacific region in the not too distant future.

What I still do not grok is that they used ROOT-SERVERS.NET
and not somehing shorter like ROOTS.NET. But then again this might
be a secret conspiracy angainst too many root servers :-).

Daniel