As you all know NSI buggered up bigtime and screwed up the entire root SOA
for all zones under their administration. This was first mentioned on
NANOG and I brought it to the attention of NSI on the Domain Policy
list. They appologized later that day in their usual snippy way. But
today they applogized - properly - an internet first. And another first -
their going to give advance warning before they play around with the files
again. Another internet first.
Who knows - if NSI starts to play ball this way - things may just get a
bit better. See attached.
regards
Joe Baptista
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dot.GOD Hostmaster
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:02:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: !Dr. Joe Baptista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rippe, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SOA RNAME field in NSI Registry-administered zones
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Rippe, Mark wrote:
> Although tough to swallow, this has all been valid feedback. I am new at the
> Registry, so I cannot speak to the past. But I am fully accountable for the
> present and (for now anyway) the future of Registry operations. The Registry
> has an obligation to the entire internet community to:
>
> 1. Make as few mistakes as humanly possible
> 2. Give advance notification of events (e.g. changes)
> 3. When mistakes are made, apologize, fix them quickly, and put something in
> place so they aren't repeated.
>
> So, let me start right now. This was our mistake, no act of God. (We make
> mistakes just fine without God's help). We humbly admit the mistake and
> apologize for adversely impacting the internet. Additionally, starting now,
> changes to the zone generation process or other major "zone impacting"
> events will be posted in advance to this list and others (e.g. NANOG).
Your right there - God had nothing to do with it - this was a very human
mistake and I think it best we keep God out of it.
However - I am very pleased NSI has agreed with me that there needs to be
announcement anytime you guys plan major changes.
I might also advise that it would be nice to see outage or error
reports. I have no idea - nor have you provide any reason why it
happened. We all know whomever changed the SOA had no clue what they
were doing - and it would be nice to have the details published in public
and filed with the NTIA/DOC - your masters.
Is this matter in fact filed with NTIA/DOC?
Regards
Joe Baptista
http://www.dot.god/
dot.GOD Hostmaster
+1 (805) 753-8697
>
> The Registry doesn't own the internet. We cannot run a stealth operation.
> Something tells me this won't be the last mistake we make. But I'm sure I
> can count on each of you to point out those mistakes and hold me accountable
> for turning these words into actions.
>
> (Additional apologies for the length of this msg.)
>
> Mark Rippe
> VP Registry Technical Operations
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
