documentation for -an- experiment. an experimental setup has
existed and been running for over 2 years. Signing the root
zone in this testbed has been operational for three months,
nearly as long as ther has been DS capable code. I remain
leary of experimentation with the live system.
...
So... why are we considering experimenting with the live,
production root system at this time? IMHO, this is lunacy.
We have a working, experimental system in play where most
(all) of these issues can be tested. Folks that have
serious commercial interests in a stable system will not be
amused when we start experimenting with the systems that
they depend on.
% Olafur
So, who is playing in this experimental testbed?
some of the root operators - holding the experimental root
some of the tld holders - com, net, org, nl, mil, int are all signed
some third/fourth level zones
we have already uncovered fatal interactions with signed zones and 9.2.1
caching servers. Indications of simialr failures with v8 caching servers
are being evaluated.
Its rougly outlined in http://www.isi.edu/otdr and has been testing IPv6
transport for the last three years. If there are folks who wish to
participate, please let me know and we can provide the "bits" needed to
for active participation.
--bill
