[atlas] DNSmon "not indicative of what happens to normal traffic" claims the root ops

On 8.12.15 16:45 , Nico CARTRON wrote:

> 
> Fully agreed, but I still don’t see why they are downplaying the event
> like this.

I would call it "putting into perspective". The DNS kept working.
> 
> Tools such as DNSMON are useful, and of course need to be taken with a
> grain of salt and not blindly believed “as it”.

Again: dnsmon is *not* a tool to measure DNS service. You know that, I
know that and most people on this list know that. Most of the people
reading a public statement probably *do not* know that. So it needs to
be pointed out. Otherwise we will get headlines of doom for no good reason.
> 
> A lot of users/eyeballs have noticed problems, so pretending this did
> not happen is not really… constructive.

Provide data please!

> (OK, they did not pretend this did not happen, but downplaying is kind
> of the same to me).

See above.

Daniel
one of "them"