Re: WARNING: AOL is hosed (again)

[CyberTech/CTCS%CTCS () ctcs net]

Just FYI.. I have personally NAK'd 4 updates sent in by clients of mine 
which effected domains on my servers.  The updates were technically 
correct (for auto-processing), but had the wrong information.   internic 
conveniently ignored the NAK's, all of them.






Phillip Vandry <vandry () Mlink NET>@merit.edu on 10/16/98 09:37:59 AM
Sent by:        owner-nanog () merit edu
To:     jamie () ais net
cc:     markb () infi net, nanog () merit edu (bcc: CyberTech/CTCS)
Subject:        Re: WARNING: AOL is hosed (again)


> > If yes to my second question, then the tracking numbers either need to 
be
> > made much longer and randomized or a one time pass phrase (session 
key) 
> > needs to be added to the acknowlegement form. 
>
> You can actually set a domain name so that it cannot be changed, by
> any template, by any modification, correct guardian or NOT.

Sounds like a nonreversible setting to me. What if you need to change it?

Anyway, I think that by default, the update goes through automatically,
a positive acknoledgement is ignored (default behaviour) and a negative
acknowledgement is honored. (Which means AOL should have been able to
stop it).

Then there is the setting where the update will not go through by default,
and a positive acknowledgement is required.

As to whether it all works as advertized (and PGP auth too?), who knows?

-Phil