[ga] RE: FOUR OF 13 SERVERS THAT MANAGE WEB TRAFFIC FAILED FOR BRIEF PERIOD

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.net>]

Joe,

It all stems from the one thing that many of us have been griping
about for years; that the gTLD servers were ALSO the root
servers. That this came about due to an attempt to correct this
inadequacy, on NSI's part, is only a natural consequence of the
original screw-up.

Yes, they didn't handle the migration as smoothly as we would
hope. However, that they are FINALLY working to correct the
situation is to be applauded.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: !Dr. Joe Baptista [mailto:baptista@pccf.net]
> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 10:42 AM
> To: IFWP
> Cc: NCDNHC DNSO; Domain Policy; General Assembly DNSO
> Subject: FOUR OF 13 SERVERS THAT MANAGE WEB TRAFFIC FAILED FOR
BRIEF
> PERIOD
>
>
>
> FOUR OF 13 SERVERS THAT MANAGE WEB TRAFFIC FAILED FOR BRIEF
PERIOD
> Issue: Internet
> Four of the 13 computers that manage global Internet traffic
partially
> failed for a brief period Wednesday night due to a technical
glitch.
> Engineers at Network Solutions, which runs the primary "A"
> root server from
> its offices in northern Virginia, worked to determine why the
servers
> briefly stopped responding to requests for links to Web sites
> ending in
> "com." Web addresses ending in other routing suffixes, such
> as "org" and
> "net" were unaffected, officials said. A Network Solutions
> vice president,
> Mark Rippe, called it "a *MAJOR, MAJOR* incident" and "our
problem."
> Although the Internet theoretically can operate with only a
> single root
> server, its performance would slow if more than four root
> servers failed for
> any appreciable length of time. Network Solutions, the
> Defense Department,
> the University of Southern California and an organization in
> Japan control
> the four root servers that failed.
> [SOURCE: Wall Street Journal (B8), AUTHOR: Ted Bridis]
> (http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB967158401194326837.htm)
> (Requires subscription)
>
> Joe Baptista
> The dot.GOD Registry
> http://www.dot.god/
>
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