[49380] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Name Server Change-over completed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Vixie)
Sun Jun 30 20:43:41 2002
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
Date: 30 Jun 2002 17:43:10 -0700
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0207010130270.1267-100000@staff.opaltelecom.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Hmm.. surely emailing everyone hoping for a quick change over for roots
> on parts of a fragmented root namespace is just asking for the fragments
> to fragment up some more?
>
> :)
it's a joke. i know it isn't april 1, so you have to look for subtleties.
> > For those of you who add the ORSC style TLDTAGS to your root zone,
> > add these for EACH of the TLDs listed above
> >
> > IN TXT "<tldtag field='tel' value='+1 (312) 560-3934'>"
> > IN TXT "<tldtag field='url' value='http://www.biztld.net'>"
> > IN TXT "<tldtag field='whois' value='inrs.adns.net/whois.php'>"
> > IN TXT "<tldtag field='org' value='AtlanticRoot Network Inc.'>"
> > IN TXT "<tldtag field='poc' value='Leah Gallegos'>"
> > IN TXT "<tldtag field='email' value='info@adns.net>"
in this case, the suggesion that TXT RR's be put alongside NS RR's *above*
the zone cut is your clue that the whole thing is a put-on. i guess this
author was being too subtle about it, so you didn't catch the humour.
--
Paul Vixie
