[7528] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: root server update
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Kupiec)
Fri Feb 14 21:20:24 1997
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 17:24:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Bob Kupiec <kupiec@jvnc.net>
To: matthew@scruz.net
In-Reply-To: <199702140457.UAA08984@scruz.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In article <199702140457.UAA08984@scruz.net> you write:
>After verifying that the only problem server remaining was H, we
>managed to track down the keeper of H around 20:15 PST, he had nameservice
>down at 20:39 PST and back running with correct results now at 20:47 PST.
>[...]
>now, to add an infrequent check of the root nameservers to our homebrew NMS,
>so our NOC operators can see these things happen as they happen, not after
>the fact.
Should I even ask this? Where is the Internic's NMS for the
root-servers to sound an alarm and get someone to act?
And don't let them say that the resources aren't there: "Seventy
percent of the [domain] fees collected will be retained by Network
Solutions to cover operating costs..."
--
Bob Kupiec GES / WNA
http://www.ges.com/~kupiec Princeton, NJ
