[dns-wg] Re: Re: IPv6 glue AAAA RRs in the root zone

On 22 Jul, 2004, at 14:41, Jim Reid wrote:
>
> BTW, the IANA document which sparked this discussion talks about
> changing TLD delegations when there are "serious operational
> problems". Presumably these arise after the TLD and IANA have acted
> responsibly by applying some carefully considered (but not fully
> thought out?) change to the delegation.

It is extremely difficult to prove you have addressed all possible 
situations when dealing with a system such as the Internet. That is why 
there is the hook there enabling the IANA to take action if there are 
operational problems. No one anticipates operational problems arising 
from this change if the proper checks outlined in the document are 
done, but it is nice to have a safety mechanism.
Imagine there was indeed an operational problem and that the IANA had 
to initiate a formal discussion, that had to come to a consensus, on 
what to do about it. A bloody nightmare if you ask me.
So I think the document and procedure has been as thought out as it 
could have been and as dfk says, it then becomes a matter of confidence 
on the organisation currently tasked with providing the service.

>
>>> Finally, by encouraging the IPv6-only people to go off into
>>> their own little world, we fragment the internet and its name
>>> space.
>
>     Joao> No, you just are not getting it. I am talking about
>     Joao> enabling, you are talking about limiting.
>
> I'm doing no such thing. Though I may well not be "getting it". What
> we seem to be disagreeing about is tactics and strategy, not policy.
> ie We agree IPv6 has to be deployed in the DNS. Where we differ is in
> how to achieve that. You seem to be saying "just do it".

No just do it, just get on with doing it.

>  I'm saying
> "let's first try to understand what we're getting ourselves into".
> IMO the internet today is too big and too important for the "just do
> it" approach that was possible 10 or more years ago.
>

10 years ago people also acted mostly in a responsible way.

When you contemplate all cases, there will be some under which some 
people will be able to cut themselves off the Internet, intentionally 
or not (remember the MS name server debacle a couple of years ago?) 
That sort of situation can't stop progress.

Joao