On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 06:52:44PM -0400, Dean Anderson wrote: > What clause would DNS Root Anycast stability fall under?
anycast has so much more to do with routing than dns. dns just happens to be an often used consumer of anycast. there are others. it seems more appropriate to centralize problems with anycast routing in a WG that deals with routing than one that deals with a consumer. if i felt the use of anycast by root server operators is causing instability, i would take that up with the individual root server operator(s) that i was experiencing instability with. but i'm not. this WG certainly doesn't have the authority to directly instruct individual root server operators how to configure their networks. IANA could intervene. however, i would imagine IANA would want to see agreement amongst multiple respected experts in the areas of routing and dns operations. they'd need proof that your claims of root server instability as a result of the use of anycast. given the previous results of threads started/hijacked by you for this purpose in this WG, i'm not sure what sort of verbage in the charter would grant you the soapbox on top of which you wish to preach. if you want to prove anycast [in]stability i'd suggest submitting and presenting a technical paper to a respected org (USENIX comes to mind, there are others). even within the IETF, you don't even need a WG charter to submit an internet draft. individual submissions are made all the time. often, a WG picks them up after sufficient discussion and review. reasonable minds cannot ignore solid evidence. surely every avenue (many exist beyond this WG) hasn't been so jaded by past experiences as to reject your valid technical arguments, if they exist. -- bill [ full disclosure: i work for a company that uses anycast for dns and other services, without instability. if anything, it is in my best interests to know about a wolf at the door from using anycast. i've just never heard anything more than loud barking. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop