Home›Articles›The 1998 root nameserver test and the limits of informal trustArticleThe 1998 root nameserver test and the limits of informal trustArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnJon Postel, Pioneers Well-attested SourcesWikipedia: Jon Posteltier 2Wikimedia FoundationDNS Root Authority test, U.S. responseQuote, DNS Root Authority test, U.S. responseOn January 28, 1998, Postel, as a test, emailed eight of the twelve operators of Internet's regional root nameservers on his own authority and instructed them to reconfigure their serversView the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.