Re: [enum-wg] Italian Nameservers for 9.3.164.arpa. dead?

[Otmar Lendl lendl@localhost]

On 2008/01/21 20:01, Jim Reid jim@localhost wrote:
> On Jan 21, 2008, at 16:55, Bernie Hoeneisen wrote:
> 
> >Would Ripe have the possibility to (temporarly) remove the  
> >delegation, if such situations occur?
> 
> Personally speaking, I think this a very bad idea. 

I'm very reluctant to go that route, too.

> As John says, a mechanism could be developed to notify a Tier-1  
> registry (and ITU?) about a broken ENUM delegation. But this is  
> probably a discussion for the Powers That Be. It wouldn't hurt I  
> suppose for this WG to suggest a suitable mechanism. Any volunteers?

From the top of my head, I'd go for a procedure something like this::

* RIPE NCC monitors the nameservers it delegates to.

* If serious troubles are spotted, RIPE NCC will notify the Tier1 registry
  using the email addresses listed as contacts.

* If the communication attempts are not answered or the addresses
  bounce, then RIPE NCC will notify ITU about this fact.

* ITU should then basically redo the verification step, asking the
  local authorities whether the delegation is ok (incl. giving the
  option for an update to the contact info).

  If the answer is yes, keep the delegation, if no, instruct RIPE to
  yank it.

* If the Tier1 operators answer, but don't manage to fix theír
  nameservers within a longer interval, then also invoke the ITU as
  above.

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ÍMHO active monitoring and alerts on troubles should be trivial
to set up. No special NCC magic dust is needed for that at all,
basically anybody could do that. There is no private data involved.

Making sure that the contact information is valid should also a
no-brainer. In this case, most other registries reserve the right
to yank the delegation, so there are precedents here.

But in this case, redoing the ITU loop is IMHO the best way to balance
national sovereignty with some semblance of "we care for the DNS
quality under e164.arpa".

/ol
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