Who owns the Root Name Servers

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald.Alvestrand at maxware.no>]

My mind is made up, so don't confuse me with facts...

Owners of current root servers:

Servers	Name				Federal money

A,J		Internic			Hah!
B		ISI				Yes
C		PSI				??
D		University of Maryland	Yes
E		NASA				Yes
F		Internet Software Cons.	??
G, H		US Defense			Yes
I		Nordunet			No
J		NSI				??
K		Ripe NCC			No
L		ISI				Yes
M		WIDE				No

6 I'm almost certain have US government funding, 1 would pay almost anything
to keep them (IMHO), but currently Government related,
3 definite no's (the non-US ones), 3 I-don't-knows.

I believe this argument is fundamentally irrelevant; for any of these
organizations, keeping a root name server running is pocket change
compared to the rest of the money they spend on Internet matters.

But I've heard this argument too often.

                      Harald A


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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, Maxware, Norway
Harald.Alvestrand at maxware.no