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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Upcoming change to SOA values in .com and .net zones
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Rob Pickering wrote: > Noted, but the large number of rabid posts on nanog about said minor > change doesn't exactly make it *harder* for them to propagate the > "200 zealots" theory! I don't think 24 hours is bad turnaround time to educate all of the people who tossed out possible concerns about the change. That's what I call educating efficiently. (Corporations sometimes take much longer to make as much progress as we do in 24 hours.) Verisign could have used NANOG to speed up the change if they had asked the question slightly different: - We are planning on changing the serial numbers from x to y. Please let us know any reasonable issues we should be concerned about with this change. If we do not receive any response we will make the change on $date. As it stands, all of the (non)issues that have been raised have been addressed. (if the concerned parties are reading their E-mail) Verisign could ask tomorrow if there are any more issues to consider, or if anyone directly affected by this change needs more time. Using interaction with the community to their advantage, they could introduce an idea, get feedback, and make a simple change within 72 hours. As for the whole "zealot" comments, it is my job to ask the questions about things others try to gloss over. I don't think it is right to chastise anyone for wanting to know more just to clear a concern. You wind up with a group of people afraid to speak and won't tell you when you are about to do something stupid. Anyone who uses that term is effectively getting on to you for using your own brain instead of following the crowd. The opposite of "zealot" is "lemming". Gerald
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