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Re: g.root-servers.net - U.S. DoD Network Information Center
From: "Jack Bates" <jbates () brightok net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 13:11:26 -0600
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox"
My personal opinion, though it doesn't account for much, is that they
were
testing out the new ways one can serve DNS from a MS-SQL database. Then again, they could just be smart and be paranoid. If I had a private
network
where security was required to be high, I'd have pulled the plug until
the
storm was over. Why take chances?eh? You are host to one of the Internet's root DNS servers and you pull the
plug
when things go a bit hairy on you. Even for a hosting company I'd not be happy if I was a customer and they shutdown the whole of their Internet access because of some problem like
this!
Depends on the nature of that network. If it was just root DNS servers, I would agree with you. However, unless they are feeding those servers with MS-SQL databases, one might guess that there was something more to it. Honestly, I doubt the DoD will let anyone know why. :) This is another BoA situation. Lack of information. Jack Bates BrightNet Oklahoma
Current thread:
- g.root-servers.net - U.S. DoD Network Information Center Sean Donelan (Jan 25)
- Re: g.root-servers.net - U.S. DoD Network Information Center Jack Bates (Jan 25)
- Re: g.root-servers.net - U.S. DoD Network Information Center Stephen J. Wilcox (Jan 26)
- Re: g.root-servers.net - U.S. DoD Network Information Center Jack Bates (Jan 26)
- Re: g.root-servers.net - U.S. DoD Network Information Center E.B. Dreger (Jan 26)
- Re: g.root-servers.net - U.S. DoD Network Information Center Stephen J. Wilcox (Jan 26)
- Re: g.root-servers.net - U.S. DoD Network Information Center Jack Bates (Jan 25)