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Re: DNS Changer items
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:48:36 -0700
On Jul 7, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
----- Original Message -----From: "Seth Mattinen" <sethm () rollernet us>On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:20:55 -0400, Andrew Fried said:The dns-ok.us site is getting crushed from all the sudden media interest.One wonders why it's so hard to get the media interested when it would be *helpful*. DNS Changer gets traction like 3 days before the drop dead date, IPv6 gets on the radar *after* we run out of v4 /8's to give to regionals, etc...Reactive is easier to justify to the powers that be than proactive.It's easier to justify *not* being smart enough to deal with the problem when it doesn't cause a major disruption?
When it isn't causing a major problem, the powers that be have a harder time understanding the need to act. Once it is causing a major disruption, the powers that be have no trouble understanding the need to act. This is not veneration of stupidity, it is human nature. Often summarized in the colloquialism "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." Owen
Current thread:
- Re: DNS Changer items, (continued)
- Re: DNS Changer items Nick Semenkovich (Jul 06)
- Re: DNS Changer items valdis . kletnieks (Jul 06)
- Re: DNS Changer items Roy (Jul 06)
- RE: DNS Changer items Tomas L. Byrnes (Jul 06)
- Re: DNS Changer items Andrew Fried (Jul 06)
- RE: DNS Changer items Tomas L. Byrnes (Jul 06)
- Re: DNS Changer items Andrew Fried (Jul 06)
- Re: DNS Changer items Roy (Jul 06)
- Re: DNS Changer items Andrew Fried (Jul 06)
- Re: DNS Changer items Jay Ashworth (Jul 07)
- Re: DNS Changer items Owen DeLong (Jul 13)
- Re: DNS Changer items Roy (Jul 06)