On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 07:53:49PM +0000, bmanning@karoshi.com wrote: ...
I don't know of any official requirements. But RFCs 2182 and 2870 offer good guidance. (Some of 2870 is root zone-specific, but most of it would apply to a ccTLD server.)
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
It is perhaps instructive to note that when RFC 2870 was written, (most of) the roots also hosted COM,NET,ORG. Considered properly, RFC 2870 is more targeted toward gTLD servers. ccTLDs have a moderately different focus, while root servers are distinct from either in their requirements.
So how does the operation of gTLD servers differ from ccTLD servers, other than perhaps more focus on geographical diversity?
number and distributions of registrations, legacy considerations that may reflect on legal issues, local policy issues that off the top of my head. .com vs .um -- for example. --bill