Good idea!
swerve
> From: John Keegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 09:00:59 -0500
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Why Does Domain Direct Work During OpenSRS Outages?
>
> How about a system status web page? Tells you what's up, what's down, and
> when it's estimated to come back...
>
> --
> John Keegan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://RackShare.com
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>
>> From: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:59:39 -0500
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Cc: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: Why Does Domain Direct Work During OpenSRS Outages?
>>
>> I was asking questions based on Charles's response to the question about why
>> DomainDirect remains up when the rest of us are down.
>>
>> I am not trying to find fault with OpenSRS, but am trying to avoid what my
>> customers saw yesterday. I had several complaints about whois, and was
>> unable to provide a reasonable answer. I haven't yet heard back from
>> support (of course, now it is too late for them to see the problem).
>>
>> I appreciated the announcement of upcoming registry maintenance. It would
>> also have been nice to have an updated announcement when that maintenance
>> runs considerably over the estimate, or at least an announcement when
>> functionality was restored.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Cc: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 12:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: Why Does Domain Direct Work During OpenSRS Outages?
>>
>>
>>> Actually, that is patently incorrect. DD uses the same API's that you do
>>> via OpenSRS. They do use a heavily customized client instantiation,
>>> which (surprise, surprise) traps errors messages back and caches orders
>>> when things are not operating within normal parameters...
>>>
>>> Chuck Hatcher wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So, just to be clear, DomainDirect operates under the OpenSRS/Tucows
>> ICANN
>>>> accreditation, but uses different "technology" than OpenSRS RSP's do? I
>>>> guess that means they have direct access to the shared registry without
>>>> going through the opensrs servers?
>>>>
>>>> Just for the record, after the registry maintenance ended today (late),
>> but
>>>> some time before OpenSRS systems were available, other registrars were
>> up
>>>> and running. Do you disable your servers during NSI downtime?
>>>>
>>>> Also, OpenSRS whois was not available until several hours after OpenSRS
>>>> registration was back online. Why is this?
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: "Tiger Technologies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 7:47 PM
>>>> Subject: RE: Why Does Domain Direct Work During OpenSRS Outages?
>>>>
>>>>> DomainDirect was a technology developed prior to OpenSRS (even the
>>>>> deregulation of the namespace). With that in mind, it has as part of
>> its
>>>>> codebase the ability to do realtime lookups based on whois information
>> and
>>>>> queuing of orders. This technology was all developed prior to Tucows
>> and
>>>>> DomainDirect splitting from the previous parent company in the spring
>> of
>>>>> 1999.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope that helps smooth your concerns.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Charles Daminato
>>>>> Tucows Product Manager (ccTLDs)
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>
>>>>> Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time
>> to
>>>>> time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Oscar Wilde
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tiger Technologies
>>>>> Sent: November 19, 2000 7:23 PM
>>>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> Subject: Why Does Domain Direct Work During OpenSRS Outages?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not to sound suspicious and paranoid, but....
>>>>>
>>>>> When OpenSRS is down for scheduled maintenance, all RSPs are offline.
>>>>> You can't even do lookups to see if names are available. Fair enough.
>>>>>
>>>>> But when I check Domain Direct (the Tucows in house retail RSP) during
>>>>> outages, it still works. I can do lookups (which work -- it knows
>> what's
>>>>> taken and what's not), it allows me to signup, everything's fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why is this? Are they not using the standard OpenSRS lookup code? If
>>>>> that's the case (and the solution is proprietary), that's fine, I
>> guess,
>>>>> although I'd prefer that the money Tucows spent to create such a
>> solution
>>>>> instead be spent on the OpenSRS end so we can all benefit from it.
>>>>>
>>>>> And on the other hand, if Domain Direct is using the standard OpenSRS
>>>>> lookup code -- why does theirs work during outages that affect
>> everyone
>>>>> else?
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, I guess I AM suspicious and paranoid. Still.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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