RV: [dns-wg] DNS migration draft

Hi everybody


On 18/9/04 01:16, "Brad Knowles" <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote:

>>  The problem in your phrase is "network administrator ensures.. Outgoing
>>  packets are routed via the appropiate provider", this usually means "source
>>  routing" (I can paint many scenarios with this meaning), a not so simple
>>  task and the person -network administrator- that will use this document (I
>>  hope) is not a very qualified technician, if she/he is qualified, she/he
>>  wouldn't need this document.
> 
> The issue is that there's not really anything we can do to fix
> this problem.  If their administrators are not minimally competent,
> there is nothing that you can do with any written document that can
> help, and indeed you are likely to make a bad situation worse by
> overwhelming them with procedures and policies that they are unlikely
> to understand.
> 
> I think the principle needs to be kept as simple as possible, and
> the resulting document should be kept as short as possible.

Good point. Jim said the same, so we probably should cut or split the
document. I think this is something that must be speak in the wg on
Thursday.

BTW, mi personal opinion is that "source routing" doesnt fit in the "simple"
category. I know a lot more people that feel comfortable with DNS but doesnt
know source routing (but this is my personal opinion).

> Changes should be kept to a minimum, yes.  However, I don't think
> we can assume that the Registrar will automatically screw up
> everything, every time.  Simple sets of changes should be no problem,
> even if they need to be done more than once.

Not necesarily screw up, but sometimes delay. The spanish NIC  used to have
a waiting queue of one week. 1 change= 1 week delay, 2 changes=2 weeks
delay. (I think they have improve now, but I can guarantee the same for all
the NIC under the RIPE umbrella).

Regards, Fernando
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