[1332] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Are the Route Servers Viable Solutions That Are Being Held Hostage?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Curado)
Wed Dec 20 10:39:14 1995
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 10:35:34 -0500
From: Dave Curado <dcurado@neteng.delphi.com>
To: sob@academ.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
>> In short, I think the chief failing of the RADB is not the
>> toolset, the concept, or the long-term plan, all of which
>> make some to alot of sense. Instead, what seems to have
>> killed it dead is that the RA was too busy to commit the
>> *serious* effort it would have taken to populate the RADB
>> with information from reality in the first place.
> This paragraph begs the question: Can the patient be saved? That is,
> if the concept, toolset and long-term plan make some to alot of sense,
> do we move forward by fixing the existing problems or starting over?
My feeling is that patient can and should be saved; it is worth
the effort to clean up the RADB where it is needed.
The tools and concepts work. There is a solid group of people
behind the design. As a small provider, we have seen nothing
but Good Things since embracing these services.
davec
