[ncc-services-wg] Re: Allow DNSMON services to monitor ENUM domains

ncc-services-wg-admin at ripe.net wrote on 08/10/2007 16:36:16:

> 
> Replying to no-body in particular.
> 
> The discussion has been framed in terms of a service for particular 
> TLDs or operators. I think that one argument has not been articulated.
> 
> The DNSMON service has been used in the past to debunk a number of 
> myths about the stability of the the DNS system as a whole.  Those 
> myths regularly reappear and may have (global) layer 9 implications. 
> Therefor I think it is important that the data is provided by a 
> monitoring service is ran by a technically competent and neutral party.
> 
> In that context this task fits in the  "the support of the stable 
> operation of the Internet" and I would argue that it is a core 
> activity of the NCC (given that that quote is from Article 3, 
> objectives, of articles of association ;-) )
> 
> Since I can imagine that for ENUM there will be myths to be debunked 
> I think that extending the service in that direction (tier 0 and 1 
> level zones) makes sense.
> 
The point I take from this is that the DNSMON service is transparent. We 
pay for our service to be monitored, but everyone can see the results of 
that monitoring, and that motivates us to ensure good service. For us to 
act in that way we have to have total trust in the impartiality of the 
organisation providing that service. All the commercial organisations 
suggested in a previous email (Verisign, Neustar, Afilias) as potential 
suppliers are also potential commercial rivals to us as a TLD registry. I 
have no reason to doubt they would act scrupulously, but I would have 
reservations about using them all the same. The other potential suppliers 
(Centr, IANA, Caida) would be a closer fit, but none have shown an 
inclination to offer such a service.

Ian