Re: [DNSOP] Terminology: operator

2015-05-24 Thread manning
actually, the ICANN bylaws agree with your more liberal (RFC 2181-style) understanding… "In particular, all sub domains shall be allowed to operate their own domain name servers, providing in them whatever information the sub domain manager sees fit (as long as it is true and correct).” manni

Re: [DNSOP] Terminology: operator

2015-05-17 Thread Paul Hoffman
On May 15, 2015, at 1:40 AM, Tony Finch wrote: > Another item for section 7: > > DNS operator -- an entity responsible for running DNS servers. For a zone's > authoritative servers, the registrant may act as their own DNS operator, or > their registrar may do it on their behalf, or they may use

Re: [DNSOP] Terminology: operator

2015-05-15 Thread Tony Finch
Paul Hoffman wrote: > > I'm OK with the first sentence, but not the second, given that many > authoritative servers at various levels don't have registrants or > registrars. There are DNS operators well outside the registration model. Indeed, but I wanted to make the point that the RRR model is a

Re: [DNSOP] Terminology: operator

2015-05-15 Thread Paul Hoffman
On May 15, 2015, at 1:40 AM, Tony Finch wrote: > > Another item for section 7: > > DNS operator -- an entity responsible for running DNS servers. For a zone's > authoritative servers, the registrant may act as their own DNS operator, or > their registrar may do it on their behalf, or they may