You'll pardon me if I'm a bit doubtful and fall into the "I've heard
this before." ... any NANOG subscriber will tell you that every time
NSI screws the pooch, someone usually says later "Oops, we'll make
sure we notify you in advance next time."
and the next time, it crashes without warning.
D
At 12:07 AM -0400 7/30/00, Joe Baptista wrote:
>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
>
> http://www.dot.god/
> dot.GOD Hostmaster
> +1 (805) 753-8697
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>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]
>>
