Register.com DNS hosting issues

Sat Apr 4 23:40:42 UTC 2009

* Randy Bush:

>> But looking back at incidents such as the Zonelabs/Abovenet issue,
>> your advice is correct for the network we have today.
>
> as that rfc is over a decade old, i am not optimistic that change is
> neigh <sigh>.

DNSSEC obscures quite a few failures which can hit secondaries.  I
think it changes the cost/benefit ratio of additional name service
somewhat.  Without DNSSEC, it's just another party who can redirect
your traffic to Elbonia, so I understand if folks are quite
conservative about it.