[8557] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ad Hoc, eDNS, AlterNIC and the bunch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Thu Apr 10 15:56:43 1997
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 14:21:28 -0500
From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>
To: perry@piermont.com
Cc: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net>, Dave Crocker <dcrocker@imc.org>,
Jordan Mendelson <jordy@snappy.wserv.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199704101855.OAA02938@jekyll.piermont.com>; from Perry E. Metzger on Thu, Apr 10, 1997 at 02:55:18PM -0400
On Thu, Apr 10, 1997 at 02:55:18PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>
> Karl Denninger writes:
> > But the IANA does not own majority of those servers.
> >
> > In fact NSI owns many of them,
>
> One, operated as part of their cooperative agreement.
Really? Then why has Paul Vixie posted publically that f.root-servers.net
was paid for in whole or part by NSI?
How many others are paid for in whole or part by NSI?
Perry, you're just dead wrong here.
> > and they do not appear to be consenting to this "work".
>
> I do not believe that their consent or lack thereof is an issue. NSI
> is a company doing a job under contract. I do not know if they do or
> do not believe otherwise, but that is not really material.
Hehehe...
> > Then again, the IAHC has failed to substantiate that any of the IANA servers
> > will actually *implement* any of their recommendations.
>
> I was unaware that such documentation was needed.
>
> Perry
> Speaking for myself and not in an official capacity.
Of course it is. You can recommend anything you want, but if you have
nobody who will insert the pointers, its a worthless exercise in handwaving.
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