IPv6 assignments to DNS root servers in the RIPE region

> DNS resolvers and resolving name servers need to be pre-configured with
> the network addresses of the root name servers. This makes these
> addresses special and not easy to change. Hence this special policy.

while the addresses are well-known and embedded in all sorts of
places, what difference does the actual integer value of those
addresses make?

> Should the operational responsibility for a DNS root server move to a
> new organization, the IPv6 address space associated with the server
> will also move to the new organization.

so, you want give provider independence to the root servers.  i.e,
this is based on the idea that root servers, one of which which
moves about every five or more years, and the protocols takes care
of following the hints file anyway, are more deserving of provider
independence than other members' servers and services.

but i am sure that cnn.com they are just as deserving and needy.  i
sure think that my site is.

i don't buy it.

randy