[ncc-services-wg] querying national infrastructure

Jim, all -

Jim Reid wrote:
> Daniel, there are many parts of the world that have a very different 
> view of the DNS than you and I have. We both know that the odd query for 
> health checking makes no operational difference. But that's not the 
> issue. Some governments and regulators view their ccTLD (and by 
> implication their ENUM Tier-1) name servers as "theirs". It's nobody 
> else's business how those servers are set up and operated. If the name 
> servers are dead or broken, so be it. Third parties (especially foreign 
> third parties) must not interfere in what these states consider is a 
> National Matter.

would your worries really apply here?

My understanding so far was that the RIPE NCC would not unilaterally 
start to monitor ENUM zones, eg. 9.4.e164.arpa.

Rather it would only do so at the active and explicit request of the 
respective ENUM Tier 1 registry - which turns your argument upside-down 
IMHO.

Best,

	Carsten