On 11/11/10 6:03 PM, "Andrew Sullivan" <a...@shinkuro.com> wrote:
>Hi all, > >The last discussion of signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET involved the arguments >that there's no real value in signing the zone and that there is a >non-zero cost to doing so. > >I agree with both of those arguments, but I wonder whether it might >not be a better sales job if we just accepted it maybe ought to be >signed anyway. I'm aware that it runs against the grain to do >something purely for theatrical reasons, but sometimes people like a >good show. Every time this topic comes up (especially outside IETF >circles, where one can perhaps be expected to understand the detailed >arguments), a number of people argue that it's really necessary to >sign the zone, or that having an exception for this sets some kind of >precedent, or something. I think these discussions waste a lot of >time, and so as a purely tactical measure it strikes me that we could >shut down that line of argument by just signing the data. > >Thoughts? > >A This seems like a completely sensible solution and makes sense. +1 -- Chris Griffiths Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
