[20570] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WARNING: AOL is hosed (again)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Rishaw)
Fri Oct 16 17:23:41 1998
In-Reply-To: <199810162037.QAA22591@Iodine.Mlink.NET> from Phillip Vandry at "Oct 16, 98 04:37:59 pm"
To: vandry@Mlink.NET (Phillip Vandry)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:57:41 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: jamie@ais.net, markb@infi.net, nanog@merit.edu
From: jamie@dilbert.ais.net (James Rishaw)
Reply-To: jamie@ais.net
Phillip Vandry wrote:
> > > If yes to my second question, then the tracking numbers either need to be
> > > made much longer and randomized or a one time pass phrase (session key)
> > > needs to be added to the acknowlegement form.
> >
> > You can actually set a domain name so that it cannot be changed, by
> > any template, by any modification, correct guardian or NOT.
>
> Sounds like a nonreversible setting to me. What if you need to change it?
>
You call InterNIC and talk to who you got to set it in the first place.
This is for reeaally high profile things, not like "bobsfish.com".
> Anyway, I think that by default, the update goes through automatically,
> a positive acknoledgement is ignored (default behaviour) and a negative
> acknowledgement is honored. (Which means AOL should have been able to
> stop it).
That Takes clues .. :)
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