NCC#2008061819 [dnsmon-contact] Release of DNSMon source code under the GPL
Koyo Wong
Tue Jun 24 10:12:18 CEST 2008
Dear Ruben, Thanks for your information. So long as there is no change in the current service provided, we are pleased yet to see the marketing opening. I have no further questions. Best regards, Koyo Wong Project Manager - IT Service Management and Security Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company Limited http://www.hkdnr.hk T: +852 23191313 F: +852 23192626 D: +852 23193822 E: koyo.wong at hkdnr.hk ---- The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail entirely. You must not retain, copy, distribute or use this e-mail for any other purpose not intended by this email or disclose any of its content to others. The recipient should check the email and attachment for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -----Original Message----- From: RIPE NCC DNS Monitoring [mailto:dnsmon at ripe.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:55 PM To: Koyo Wong Cc: dnsmon-contact at ripe.net Subject: Re: NCC#2008061819 [dnsmon-contact] Release of DNSMon source code under the GPL Dear Koyo Wong, On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:39:21 +0800, Koyo Wong wrote: > Dear Ruben, > > > > Say hi, we contacted before. With DNSMON becoming open source under GPL, as > an existing paid subscriber of the service, what does it mean to us? What > would be our expectation changed? > > > > We understand the value of DNSMON is those ubiquitous probes worldwide; > given this what would be the point for one to set up his own? Thank you for your message regarding the release of the DNSMON source code under the GPL. We did this in the interests of transparency. Firstly, the RIPE community funded the creation of this code (Through their RIPE NCC subscription fees), and therefore the community is entitled to get something back. Secondly, we occasionally hear suggestions that the RIPE NCC might have unfairly influenced the market for DNS monitoring providers by providing such a powerful tool at such a low cost. By releasing the code, we level the playing field to allow other providers to enter the market on equal footing. As you note, the true power of the RIPE NCC DNSMON service is not in the code itself, but in the large network of probes, the advanced data presentation techniques that we adopt, and the neutral position of the RIPE NCC. Other potential operators cannot claim these specific benefits. You ask what this change means to you. Initially, nothing - the RIPE NCC is committed to continue to offer the DNSMON service, and to continue to enhance and improve the service for the benefit of all users. This is detailed in our 2008 Acitivity Plan, as detailed here: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-426.html Eventually, in the long term, the release might well result in other (perhaps commercial) organisations using our code, or adaptations of it, to begin to provide similar and/or competing services. For you, as a consumer, healthy competition is a good thing, because it encourages all suppliers to offer continually improved services. In the future you might have the option to use a DNS monitoring service other than the RIPE NCC one, or you might choose to subscribe to multiple services to provide you with even more data about your TLD. Either way, the benefits to the consumer of variety and choice can only ever be a good thing. You finally ask what would be the point for another provider to run such a service. That, I cannot answer. It would be very difficult to replicate or improve on our public DNSMON service, but if a company sees the potential to profit from these measurements, or wanted to run them for free, or even run DNSMON internally in a closed/enterprise environemnt, then it could well happen. But, until such time, any comment is pure speculation. At the RIPE NCC, we believe that our DNSMON service, with its wide network of probes and other unique selling points, such as our 100% neutrality, is the best DNS monitoring product available today. As such, we are committed to keeping it running, and to its ongoing development and support. We genuinely hope that you find the DNSMON data for .HK to be useful to your operations, and invite any feedback you might have at any point. I hope this adequately answers your queries. If you have any more questions, please do let us know. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Best regards, > > Koyo Wong > > Project Manager - IT Service Management and Security > > Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company Limited > > http://www.hkdnr.hk > > T: +852 23191313 F: +852 23192626 > > D: +852 23193822 E: koyo.wong at hkdnr.hk > > Kind Regards, Ruben van Staveren -- Ruben van Staveren RIPE Network Coordination Center Information Services Singel 258 Amsterdam NL http://www.ripe.net +31 20 535 4444 PGP finger print 6501 4389 A675 477E DCE5 53D8 9108 49E2 DAFC 271B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.ripe.net/mailman/private/dnsmon-contact/attachments/20080624/8ea5ce1f/attachment.html
