[63584] in North American Network Operators' Group
A RR Wildcards and Stability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Karrenberg)
Wed Oct 8 03:10:55 2003
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 09:08:35 +0200
From: Daniel Karrenberg <daniel.karrenberg@ripe.net>
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The comittee should realise that the question Verisign poses about
observed adverse effects, while interesting, is not as pertinent as it
seems at first sight. John Klensin put it very well yesterday in
a rigorous way. I'll offer a less rigorous but more graphical analogy:
A contractor drills large holes in the central structural parts of a
building to allow installation of their innovative garbage disposal.
Civil engineers question the effects this has on the building's stability.
The contractor's defense is: "Well it is still standing!
How much work did those tenants really have patching up the holes
to reduce the air drafts and stop the crackling noises?"
Daniel
