Re: [ga] Fwd: LACTLD comments on Zone Transfers

[DPF <david@farrar.com>]

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 13:16:31 -0400 (EDT), Jonathan Weinberg
<weinberg@mail.msen.com> wrote:

>	I'm impressed by the degree to which everyone has managed to avoid
>talking about the elephant under the bed here.  As the LACTLD message
>below states, and as Karl's message at
><http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc11/msg00268.html> explains in
>detail, the ICANN position that it needs zone file access "for purposes of
>verifying and ensuring DNS operational stability and performance" seems
>problematic.  On the other hand, I'd guess that zone file access would
>simplify ICANN's task if it chose to redelegate a ccTLD away from an
>operator unhappy with that change.  Anyone want to talk about this
>explicitly?

From my point of view that has certainly been a suspicion.   However
without details from the register of who holds each name etc just
having a zone file would not make it possible to run the ccTLD for
more than a few days I suspect.

DPF
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