Registration data backup? (RE: [ga] We can't be against it?)

[Marc Schneiders <marc@venster.nl>]

Jefsey

Are you *sure* there is no decent backup system in place at NSI? I
have no idea, but would be surprised if not.

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On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, at 12:13 [=GMT+0200], Jefsey Morfin wrote:

> On 03:12 29/09/01, Cade,Marilyn S - LGA said:
> >hmm, so some don't consider business registrants/others
> >a constituency?  We think we are represented by one of the ICANN DNSO
> >constituencies. And the non commercial registrants are engaged through the
> >N-C Constituency.
> >
> >...and that security and data escrow are a priority, and should become even
> >more so.
> 
> Sure, domain name protection is of the essence.
> 
> But is the escrow of bugged systems and tables the only system to protect 
> us. I doubt it. Let be clear: would NSI be blown up, burnt or flooded, what 
> would you make with the 24,000,000 DN data they have or not in a vault? You 
> would need their system to be rebuilt in the same way, in the very hour.
> - millions of DN on hold? It would be worst that starting it anew? It would 
> be thousands USRPs...
> - do you know that to register a name server IP you have to send a fax 
> (anyone can fake) and wait for a week? Rebuilding the NSI Sytem would asj 
> for months. As Roberto explained it, it would never happen as NSI or the 
> world would have gone down before.
> 
> The best escrow is a title you can hold and show and a smart card you can 
> use on every registry system. May be large businesses with legal staff and 
> business enough may accept other solutions. May be individual or NonCom may 
> accept temporary patches or loss of access. SMEs cannot: our live depends 
> more an more on a tiny something undefined, not protected, not... this not 
> ... that, costing $9. Makes the life of our entreprises worth less than a 
> pizza. This is not serious.
> 
> Jefsey
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