[as112-ops] News for AS112 operators

[Warren Kumari]

On Sunday, October 19, 2014, William F. Maton Sotomayor <wmaton at ottix.net>
wrote:

>
> All,
>         Just a couple of updates you all should be aware of.  There are
> now two IETF drafts that have passed working group last call and are in
> IESG review. They are:
>
> draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc6304bis
>
> Updates include some new advice and IPv6, plus the inclusion of DNAME
> redirection which addresses the problem of how to get all AS112 operators
> to update their configs whenever a new reverse zone goes in.
>
> draft-ietf-dnsop-as112-dname
>
> Speaking of DNAME, this draft describes the implementation of DNAME in
> AS112 nodes and doesn't go further into specifying what zones should be
> redirected at AS112 nodes.
>
> While general comment is a bit late for both of these, I don't believe
> it's beyond the realm of possibility to fix glaring errors (philosophical
> and operational) if the respective authors of both drafts are forewarned.
> (Some of them lurk here.)



One of the aforementioned authors....




>
> Obviously once approved and actually implemented, things are going to get
> interesting.  The one thing I do forsee is the increase in packet traffic,
> but it would be nice to get more of you to post stats to track for that in
> advance of DNAME deployment.
>
>
Yup. The DNAME solution will be a new subnet as well (because simply
pointing the traffic at servers that were not prepared for it would be
uncool), and so AS112 operators can opt-in by adding the zone, and
announcing the new network...




> When would DNAME deployment take place?  Ah, stay tuned....


Indeed...
W


> Thanks,
>
> wfms
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