[ncc-services-wg] Commercial DNS monitoring services at the NCC

On Oct 9, 2007, at 15:57, Andy Davidson wrote:

> As for Jim's concerns - I will wait for him to submit his proposal.

I thought I already had... :-)

Here it is again, perhaps more explicitly than before.

There a number of other organisations who are monitoring DNS servers,  
some of whom may be willing to offer this as a commercial service.  
IMO those advocating the NCC is the only provider of DNS monitoring  
servers should demonstrate that that is the case, or that alternative  
offerings are tainted in some way and cannot be as impartial as the  
NCC's would be. If there really is no alternative, then the  
justification for extending the scope of the NCC offering is on  
stronger foundations. My earlier concerns still stand -- unless  
contradictory evidence emerges. Those concerns would diminish, but  
not go away, if it does turn out that there is no viable alternative  
and that fact is clearly documented.