Re: [address-policy-wg] Summary of the PI Task Force's recent discussions

[Gert Doering <]

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:20:16AM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > There's nothing more special about ns.nic.de than about
> > www.google.com - if the service moves, the address in the DNS
> > changes, and people won't even notice.
> 
> Hmmm, Gert, sorry if I seem rude, but did you heard of glue records?

Of course.

> If not, "whois -h whois.iana.org de" and you'll understand the
> difference with Google (the last change we requested from IANA, adding
> a new name server, ns3.domain-registry.nl, for ".re" is now three
> weeks old and still not performed... DENIC has similar experience.).

That's an operational problem, not a technical one.  

If IANA/ICANN isn't working, give them a good beating, but please don't
break policy to cover for human deficiencies.

Gert Doering
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