This status page is updated by hand. No "whats up" type of technology
involved at all.
Regards,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Why Does Domain Direct Work During OpenSRS Outages?
> You could borrow the technology from DomainDirect, they have a status page
> at:
>
> http://signup.domaindirect.com/network.html
>
> I can't vouch for its accuracy, yesterday when OpenSRS whois was down, it
> said "WhoIs ACTIVE".
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Keegan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 9:00 AM
> 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
