[19807] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: InterNIC modification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Sun Sep 27 23:25:28 1998
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 23:14:42 -0400
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>
To: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
Cc: william@pacific.net.ph, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9809242149190.3054-100000@redfish>; from Marc Slemko on Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 09:54:48PM -0700
On Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 09:54:48PM -0700, Marc Slemko wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 william@pacific.net.ph wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Is it Internic becoming slower in their modifications? We have sent a
> > modification request twice and until now - nothing has happened....
>
> It is not being sent from the address of one of the contacts, so it
> will not be automatically processed.
>
> Anything that isn't automatically processed gets printed and thrown
> into a big slightly malfunctioning paper shredder. Anything that makes
> it through the paper shreader is then looked at and sometimes responded
> to. The time that it takes for this to happen is based on the mandatory
> one week delay before it is printed just for good luck, and then the
> chances of making it through the shredder. Note that their method may
> vary slightly from that described above, but the effect is the same.
I've found that on changes to domains for which I'm already a contact,
setting my authentication to CRYPT-PW works well, causing changes to be
completed within hours.
Note that CRYPT-PW apparently only refers to how the passwords are stored
on the InterNIC's servers; they're sent in plaintext when you e-mail the
form.
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