Ad Hoc, eDNS, AlterNIC and the bunch

Thu Apr 10 19:21:28 UTC 1997

On Thu, Apr 10, 1997 at 02:55:18PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> Karl Denninger writes:
> > But the IANA does not own majority of those servers.
> > 
> > In fact NSI owns many of them,
> 
> One, operated as part of their cooperative agreement.

Really?  Then why has Paul Vixie posted publically that f.root-servers.net
was paid for in whole or part by NSI?

How many others are paid for in whole or part by NSI?

Perry, you're just dead wrong here.

> > and they do not appear to be consenting to this "work".
> 
> I do not believe that their consent or lack thereof is an issue. NSI
> is a company doing a job under contract. I do not know if they do or
> do not believe otherwise, but that is not really material.

Hehehe...

> > Then again, the IAHC has failed to substantiate that any of the IANA servers
> > will actually *implement* any of their recommendations.
> 
> I was unaware that such documentation was needed.
> 
> Perry
> Speaking for myself and not in an official capacity.

Of course it is.  You can recommend anything you want, but if you have
nobody who will insert the pointers, its a worthless exercise in handwaving.

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