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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: DNS Evolution Alert
On Wednesday, May 28, 1997 9:47 AM, Philip J. Nesser II[SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: @ Just to be clear for anyone who is actually doing something useful with @ their time and has not been following the DNS issues, the self styled @ 'eDNS' is in the process of collapsing and Jim is doing his best to @ spin-doctor it into an "evolution". I feel sorry for any of the poor souls @ who actually gave those people money, or worse tried to build a business @ based on it. @ @ ---> Phil @ @ Phil, You may want to go back to Biology 101 and take another peek in that microscope. As you will note, when cells divide there is a moment of tension and then voila, there are two identical copies. [Note: the organism does not die when this occurs, it often becomes stronger.] If you are following the evolution, you will see that some of the Registration Authorities (RAs) have decided to fund their own Root Name Server Confederation. They are independent of the eDNS Root Name Server Confederation and it appears that their confederation is going to be called "uDNS". The evolution of Root Name Server Confederations is very much like the world of "peering agreements". It is sort of ironic that everyone involved in this evolution seems to want the same thing, a stable, viable, and growing Internet. Because they want to have the freedom to work with the people they trust and enjoy working with, they can not all subscribe to a single "party line". As the evolution occurs, the organism grows stronger. It is always interesting to see spectators cheering for the organism to die. Maybe you can explain why you think that would be better than the current situation. @ @ Jim Fleming supposedly said: @ > @ > @ > The success of the DNS experiments that lead to @ > the commercial deployment of multiple Root Name @ > Server Confederations has resulted in an increased @ > awareness and education on the part of network @ > operators and members of the Registry Industry. @ > @ > It should not be surprising or disruptive that this @ > success will cause the continued growth and evolution @ > of Root Name Server Confederations. As some of you @ > may know, the eDNS Root Name Server Confederation @ > is about to evolve into what appears to be three distinct @ > Root Name Server Confederations. @ > @ > This evolution should increase the number of active Root @ > Name Server Confederations from 5 to 7. NANOG @ > subscribers that are following these events may want to @ > pay careful attention to the operational issues of these @ > evolutions because the fragile DNS does not always @ > self-correct. @ > @ > One of the benefits of the eDNS evolution is that one @ > of the new Root Name Server Confederations has @ > announced that it will take the new BIND 8.1 code @ > and use it as a base to evolve a new base of software that @ > can help address many of the lessons learned from the @ > extensive research done by leading edge, alternative, @ > DNS advocates. @ > @ > Since this research is not funded by the U.S. Government's @ > National Science Foundation (NSF) it may not be considered @ > by some to be valid or of any value. No matter where you @ > stand on that issue, you should at least know that it @ > exists. @ > @ > -- @ > Jim Fleming @ > Unir Corporation @ > http://www.Unir.Corp @ > @ > @ > @ > @ @ @ -- Jim Fleming Unir Corporation http://www.Unir.Corp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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