Re: Network Solutions is now in the wringer

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker () brandenburg com>]

At 06:40 PM 3/25/99 -0800, Michael Dillon wrote:
> If their house of cards collapses too quickly it could have some serious
> operational impacts. And we all do realize that it is a house of cards,
> don't we?


This is a request for consideration of a technical and operations 
question.  Although it pertains to a political topic, I am only asking for 
consideration of a matter that is clearly relevant to nanog.

In particular, what are the 'serious operational impacts' that could 
develop?  There is a long-standing claim that services of the type offered 
by NSI are fine left without special handling (oversight, assistance).  To 
the extent that problems to such a company can have far-reaching impact on 
Internet operations, it would be extremely helpful to understand them 
before the fact.  This might permit consideration of methods to avoid such 
fall-out.

d/


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