Re: [ifwp] Re: Server snags

[Jean-Christophe Praud <jc.praud@ludexpress.com>]

Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
> 
> FYI (see url for entire article):
> 
> Server snags put domains in limbo
> By Jim Hu
> Staff Writer, CNET News.com
> September 17, 1998, 5:05 p.m. PT
> URL: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,26525,00.html
> 
> Re: For the past two days, a high-level network latency problem has left
> many new and updated domain name registrations in limbo, a spokesman for
> Network Solutions has confirmed.
> 
> "Postel blamed the congestion on the overall increase in traffic on the
> Internet and the greater size of the files being transmitted. He said the
> lag is occurring "because machines are busier than they used to be or files
> are taking longer to be transmitted."

With IRSC root servers, any update is globally seeable immediately...
... With many more TLDs to handle.

> 
> But Network Solutions instead attributed the problem to human ("operator")
> error, but said the problem has yet to be identified. 

With a really distributed system, such problems couldn't be caused by
one individual failure.

> Christopher Clough, a
> spokesman for Network Solutions, said that the inherent "volunteer" nature
> of how the entire system is operated may have been the cause.

Volunteering doesn't escape the need to meet requirements. That's a
condition to run an IRSC root server.

> 
> "Network Solutions is under contract with the U.S. government, and employs
> volunteers to operate many of its systems, said Clough."
> 
> "Paul Vixie, whose Redwood City, California-based Vixie Enterprises manages
> 1 of the 13 root servers, sees the situation differently.
> 
> "There are 13 servers, 4 have been current in recent days, 9 haven't been
> current in recent days," said Vixie. "Do you think 9 of 13 have left for
> vacation?""
> 

RSCs' goal is to ensure the quality and fiability of DNS services.
This includes deploying more root servers running wherever they are
needed.
Total synchronization is a requirement.

Regards,

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