How about an email to the administrative/tech contact to let us know before we all go looking at this "status page"? Thank you, Mark Lieb ArrowUp.com http://www.domainsitebuilder.com http://www.4nic.net 866-Arrow-Up (Toll free) 425-930-4390 (Fax) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Swerve Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 9:28 AM To: John Keegan; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Why Does Domain Direct Work During OpenSRS Outages? 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 > > >> 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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