As so often happens, I forgot to note what my client picked up for a return address. This is the first of several items that I meant to send to the list.
My apologies to Mr Greco. On 6/13/2010 14:17, Larry Sheldon wrote: > On 6/13/2010 14:07, Joe Greco wrote: >>> On 6/13/2010 08:47, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: >>>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:21:49 CDT, Larry Sheldon said: >>>> >>>>> For example--what happens when name-service information for a part that >>>>> is not shutdown comes from a part that is? >>>> >>>> It's always been a BCP good idea to have your DNS have secondaries in >>>> another >>>> non-fate-sharing AS, even though everybody from Microsoft on down seems >>>> to feel the need to rediscover this. >>> >>> How about if the source database (not the relevant zone file, but the >>> collection of data on some computer from which a zone file is created. >> >> How about [...] is /what/? Unavailable? The zone files are still in >> place. Not really a problem in the overall scheme of things; I realize >> that some people have engineered things so that this will be a problem, >> but that's a choice. > > Yeah, it is a choice to keep the source data in a database (think DHCP > system or something) WHERE IT MAKES OPERATIONAL SENSE TO SO. > > What happens if that source data can no longer be transferred to the > master zone file located on the DNS server placed somewhere else WHERE > IT MAKES OPERATIONAL SENSE TO SO, and the network is severed between them? > >>> How about the case where the master zone file has be amputated and the >>> secondaries can no longer get updates? >> >> I'm not sure what "amputated" means here, but considering the case where >> the master itself is amputated, and the secondaries can no longer update, >> generally speaking, you log into the secondaries and twiddle their configs >> to make them masters. This requires some planning, preparedness, and >> procedures, but is in no way a crisis, unless you've failed to do the >> planning, have failed to prepare, and haven't followed your procedures. > > Amputated = severed = cut off = disconnected = no longer able to > communicate with not to be communicated with. > > Did not see that that was going to be so hard to understand. > > Should have known better, I guess. > >> How that works in the case where a government mandates something specific >> happens within your zone file is of course debatable, but possibly more >> back towards the original topic. > > > Uhhhhh....actually that WAS the original topic. > -- Somebody should have said: A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote. Requiescas in pace o email Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Eppure si rinfresca ICBM Targeting Information: http://tinyurl.com/4sqczs http://tinyurl.com/7tp8ml
