[154827] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DNS Changer items
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Fri Jul 13 14:52:17 2012
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <8418792.13134.1341682284168.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:48:36 -0700
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jul 7, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Seth Mattinen" <sethm@rollernet.us>
>=20
>>> On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:20:55 -0400, Andrew Fried said:
>>>> The dns-ok.us site is getting crushed from all the sudden media
>>>> interest.
>>>=20
>>> One wonders why it's so hard to get the media interested when it
>>> would be *helpful*. DNS Changer gets traction like 3 days before the
>>> drop dead date, IPv6 gets on the radar *after* we run out of v4 /8's
>>> to give to regionals, etc...
>>=20
>> Reactive is easier to justify to the powers that be than proactive.
>=20
> It's easier to justify *not* being smart enough to deal with the =
problem
> when it doesn't cause a major disruption?
>=20
When it isn't causing a major problem, the powers that be have a harder =
time understanding the need to act.
Once it is causing a major disruption, the powers that be have no =
trouble understanding the need to act.
This is not veneration of stupidity, it is human nature. Often =
summarized in the colloquialism "The squeaky wheel gets the grease."
Owen
