Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] Re: [IFWP] RE: who tells the quill holder what

Roeland M.J. Meyer (rmeyer@mhsc.com)
Sun, 11 Jul 1999 15:36:55 -0700

I have that many other sites that do. But those aren't going to make the
difference that the major backbone providers do. Also, I submit, that
those site won't pass H-A muster.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owner-Domain-Policy [mailto:owner-domain-policy@INTERNIC.NET]On
> Behalf Of William X. Walsh
> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 3:04 PM
> To: DOMAIN-POLICY@LISTS.INTERNIC.NET
> Subject: Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] Re: [IFWP] RE: who tells the quill holder
> what
>
>
> On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 13:17:23 -0700, "Roeland M.J. Meyer"
> <rmeyer@mhsc.com> wrote:
>
> >John,
> >
> >Your point depends on no one using local copies of the
> root-zone. This
> >is patently false. Almost every major ISP does exactly this
> becasue it
> >enhances high-availability architectures and eliminates the
> >root-servers.net machines as external points of failure (EPOF). When
> >building H-A systems, external points of failure are the number one
> >priority on th elimination list. After EPOFs, SPOFs are next in line.
> >
>
> I've done work with 8 area ISPs, and not a single one does this
> Roland. I seriously doubt very many ISPs at all do this.
>
>
>
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