[dns-wg] Followup to IANA TLD delegation problem
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Marcel Schneider
schneider at switch.ch
Mon May 30 11:54:55 CEST 2005
On Monday, 30 May 2005, Olivier Guillard / AFNIC writes: Dear all > as one of those that was looking for a path to operationaly > circumvent this new IANA policy, may I thank the dns-wg that > have clearly stated with others that "there is no technical > reason in the DNS protocols preventing this practice (aka: > "use different [NS] names for the same address"). To support Olivier's point: we also were relieved to hear from Doug Barton that no such policy was introduced. My question to Jim and maybe Jaap is: how did you became aware that ICANN/ IANA would or already has introduced such measures ? Unfortunately we at SWITCH do not hear the grass growing and were catched by surprise. It is important that we all fully understand the issue to learn from it. Marcel > The questions you raise now are very valid : >> [1] What was the nature of the technical problem that prevented >> multiple names in for an IP address and how was it resolved? >> >> [2] Why was there no announcement that this problem existed? >> >> [3] Are safeguards now in place to prevent this sort of problem >> recurring? >> >> [4] What procedures does IANA (or ICANN?) have to make sure that >> changes to the TLD delegation process or problems with that process >> are properly communicated to its stakeholders? >> >> [5] Were those procedures followed for this incident? If not, why not? > BTW, above the specific multinamming issue, they are now among the > core ones that need to be taken seriously by the DNS community in > my view. > I have looked in the dns-wg charter : > http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/dns/index.html > It is not perfectly clear for me what kind of contribution you are > waiting for to help moving forward, and the kind of actions you see > as conceivable to be undertaken by the dns-wg ? > Thanks, > Olivier > le mardi 24 mai à 11 H 47 , Jim Reid a ecrit : >> You'll all have seen the response from Doug Barton confirming that the >> technical problem has been fixed. It is now permitted to have multiple >> names for the same IP address in a TLD delegation from the root. That >> particular aspect of the discussion should be considered closed IMO >> because the problem has been resolved. However, there are some other >> things that I'd like the WG to consider and discuss. These concern the >> process and transparency issues that have been highlighted by this >> problem. >> >> I wonder if the WG would like to pursue these? >> >> In particular, I'd like the WG to consider if we should pursue answers >> to the following questions: >> >> [1] What was the nature of the technical problem that prevented >> multiple names in for an IP address and how was it resolved? >> >> [2] Why was there no announcement that this problem existed? >> >> [3] Are safeguards now in place to prevent this sort of problem >> recurring? >> >> [4] What procedures does IANA (or ICANN?) have to make sure that >> changes to the TLD delegation process or problems with that process >> are properly communicated to its stakeholders? >> >> [5] Were those procedures followed for this incident? If not, why not? >> >> If anyone here has more questions about this incident, please post >> them. If there's consensus in the WG that this matter needs further >> action, then we need to decide what the next steps, if any, should be. >> I'd welcome a discussion and comments. >> >> It's now over to you, the list members.... > -- > Olivier
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