The rootsrvr.dat file contains information about DNS Root servers. When the DNS services are installed, the RootSrvrInfo Zone object is created by reading the contents from this file. The RootSrvrInfo zone holds information on the root name servers needed to initialize the cache of Internet domain name servers. The rootsrvr.dat file is the Novell version of named.root, which is made available by InterNIC* registration services.
under anonymous FTP as
file /domain/named.root
on server FTP.RS.INTERNIC.NET
-OR-
under Gopher at RS.INTERNIC.NET
under menu InterNIC Registration Services (NSI)
submenu InterNIC Registration Archives
file named.root
The related version number of Root Zone is 1997082200 and was last updated on Aug 22, 1997
The data for the root servers is as follows:
$ORIGIN RootServerInfo.
@ SOA server. root. (
1997082200 3600 3600 604800 86400 )
. 3600000 NS A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
. 3600000 NS M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.41.0.4
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.9.0.107
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.33.4.12
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.8.10.90
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.203.230.10
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.5.5.241
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.112.36.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 128.63.2.53
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 192.36.148.17
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.41.0.10
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 3600000 A 202.12.27.33