Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] news update

Karl Auerbach (karl@cavebear.com)
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:21:37 -0700 (PDT)


While I don't think the shift is a bad thing, the way it is being done
smacks of a "we need to get away from NSI as fast as possible" mode of
thinking rather than a "what's the best way to run an important network
service" mode of thought.

It smells reactive and petty rather than really well thought through.

And I would think that the DNSO, and thus the IDNO via its future DNSO
membership, ought to have had a voice in this.

It is not clear who is going to be building and maintain the master root
zone file. (Not that that is such a big job, but it is a job that has to
be done by somebody.)


> 2. For a very, very long time, it was planned to move the primary root
> there. At a minuimum, it eliminates potential "confusion" about
> authorities and goals. It has also been planne to remove the primary root
> from direct public use, instead having only the secondaries used
> publicly. This improves robustness.

I haven't heard of the desirability of this move to ISI before.

I've heard that NSI has a pretty solid computer facility with lots of
protections against environmental/power hazards and such.

I don't know that ISI has the same degree of backup.

It seems that one might prefer a facility more like CORE was establishing
- a facility designed pretty much from the ground up to be physically
secure, with good power, good environmentals, and good connectivity.

--karl--

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