[71505] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Akamai DNS Issue?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Wed Jun 16 10:36:46 2004
In-Reply-To: <052501c453ac$2be69ab0$166df640@amplex.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Joe Abley <jabley@isc.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:36:26 -0400
To: "Mark Radabaugh" <mark@amplex.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On 16 Jun 2004, at 10:13, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
> But you don't say how to avoid failures caused by massive confusion
> when
> maintaining a excessively complicated system....
By isolating the complexity to small pockets, each of which is largely
invisible to the rest of the system, and reducing the coordination
required between the different autonomous operators involved to
managable levels, much as the high complexity of the global routing
system is managed.
This isn't just handwaving -- the root zone has been served with
enormous reliability for a long time, accommodating all of the
precautions on that list. That reliability is a feature of prudence and
simplicity, not needless complexity and confusion.
Joe
