Re: DNS Evolution Alert

["Philip J. Nesser II" <pjnesser () martigny ai mit edu>]

Just to be clear for anyone who is actually doing something useful with
their time and has not been following the DNS issues,  the self styled
'eDNS' is in the process of collapsing and Jim is doing his best to
spin-doctor it into an "evolution".  I feel sorry for any of the poor souls
who actually gave those people money, or worse tried to build a business
based on it.

--->  Phil



Jim Fleming supposedly said:
> The success of the DNS experiments that lead to
> the commercial deployment of multiple Root Name
> Server Confederations has resulted in an increased
> awareness and education on the part of network
> operators and members of the Registry Industry.
>
> It should not be surprising or disruptive that this
> success will cause the continued growth and evolution
> of Root Name Server Confederations. As some of you
> may know, the eDNS Root Name Server Confederation
> is about to evolve into what appears to be three distinct
> Root Name Server Confederations.
>
> This evolution should increase the number of active Root
> Name Server Confederations from 5 to 7. NANOG
> subscribers that are following these events may want to
> pay careful attention to the operational issues of these
> evolutions because the fragile DNS does not always
> self-correct.
>
> One of the benefits of the eDNS evolution is that one
> of the new Root Name Server Confederations has
> announced that it will take the new BIND 8.1 code
> and use it as a base to evolve a new base of software that
> can help address many of the lessons learned from the
> extensive research done by leading edge, alternative,
> DNS advocates.
>
> Since this research is not funded by the U.S. Government's
> National Science Foundation (NSF) it may not be considered
> by some to be valid or of any value. No matter where you
> stand on that issue, you should at least know that it
> exists.
>
> --
> Jim Fleming
> Unir Corporation
> http://www.Unir.Corp

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