RE: New Root Name Servers

[Jim Fleming <JimFleming () unety net>]

On Tuesday, February 18, 1997 4:16 AM, Brian Tackett[SMTP:cym () acrux net] wrote:
@ On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Jim Fleming wrote:
@ 
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@ 
@ I don't see what this "debate" has to do with North American Network
@ *Operation*, as opposed to politics :P
@ 
@ 

Brian,

I would think that the members of NANOG would
understand that the Root Name Servers they use
are critical to their operations. This is especially
true if several people on the NANOG list report
that they are having operational problems with
the Root Name Servers.

As a "group", you might want to consider the
following questions...

1. Do NANOG members all support one confederation
        of Root Name Servers ?

2. Have NANOG members converted to the NEW
        TRUE Root Name Servers ?

3. Are NANOG members mixing legacy Root Name
        Servers with entries for the NEW TRUE
        Root Name Servers ?

4. Is NANOG as a group working with the U.S.
        Government and the National Science
        Foundation (NSF) on a transition plan
        for the NSF/InterNIC now that we are
        approaching the last 12 months of that
        contract period ?

5. Does NANOG support any Root Name Servers ?
        If so, are those TRUE Root Name Servers
        that meet IETF RFC recommendations ?

6. Do NANOG members use any common network
        management software to make sure that
        the Root Name Servers they use are in
        synch, are checked regularly, are coherent,
        etc. ?

7. Does NANOG have a transition plan to IPv6
        and does it address Root Name Servers
        using IPv6 addressing ?

8. Does NANOG sponsor any educational programs
        for any or all of the above ?

P.S. NANOG's address is "nanog" not "nanon"...



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