Hi
I have been studying the Root-servers function. Right now I am having some problems with understanding how the system with multiple locations.
Do we have 13 physical root-servers or do we allot more?
When I was reading on the root-server website (http://www.root-servers.org/) the root-server F for instance has 43 sites, dose this mean 43 gateways to the one physical server or what are these 43 sites?
I have been reading at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System to try and find the answers, but I can't seem to figure it out.
Thank you for your help
/Morgan Boström
Abb Industirgymnasium
Sweden
URLs to Attached parts:
http://rt2.ripe.net/Ticket/Attachment/893128/420514
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I try to use the webupdate-x509 at this URL :
https://www.db.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/webupdates-x509.pl
and seams to not be working (I always end off with an authentification
error). This is not a problem with my browser as I successfully login
with my x509 certificate to the LIR Portal.
It seams that the site never ask my browser for a client certificate.
Also I succed in updating the database with an S/MIME signed message
to auto-dbm(a)ripe.net, so my key-cert is correctly binded to the E-
LIANCE-MNT object.
Is there any special instruction for using the webupdates-x509.pl site ?
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