In message <6cb05d82ce245b4083bbf3b97e2ed47025f...@ait-pex01mbx01.win.dtu.dk>, Hugo Maxwell Connery writes: > The sad fact is that only a tiny fraction of IT professionals even understand > the importance of the NS record. > > It is the *definition* of who (what) controls a domain. > > I applaud CloudFlare in trying to improve customer service (and/or reduce cos > ts, depending on how you look at it). > > It is important that domain owners are aware of the supreme nature of the NS > record. They may choose to > hand that over for a, or many domains. Should relationships between major ho > sting/CDN providers and registrars (etc.) > be established to facilitate easier migrations of DNS operations, great. Per > haps even a standard for the process. > > But be careful. There be dragons here. Computers updating computers to cont > rol who controls the domains?
Computers update computers all the time. It's about establishing the right controls. There is nothing technologically hard about giving someone the right to update just the NS records. > /Hugo Connery (Tech. Uni Denmark) > > _______________________________________________ > DNSOP mailing list > DNSOP@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
