[ncc-services-wg] querying national infrastructure

On Oct 17, 2007, at 10:59, Carsten Schiefner wrote:

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

I would very much hope that was the case Carsten. But Daniel's recent  
posting -- which can be paraphrased as "why should anyone care if we  
send a few DNS queries and publish the results?" -- suggests there is  
some ambiguity or scope for confusion here. ie To the NCC, it doesn't  
look like unilateral action. But to the sorts of Administrations I  
referred to, they would see this as unilateral action and  
interference in a National Matter. Some clarity is needed here so  
that everyone knows what the operating conditions are: ie a statement  
which makes it clear that there are no grounds for these sorts of  
complaints.

> 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.

Er, it was me who was recommending that any monitoring would only be  
done at the request of the Administration concerned. For some vague  
definition of "Administration" which could include the Tier1 registry.

BTW, I've parked the wider discussion of DNS monitoring as far as  
this thread is concerned. My views on that have not softened or  
changed. Even if I am a lone voice crying in the wilderness. :-)  
Crying being the operative word... :-)