[dns-operations] DNS Ops Pre-NANOG Meeting

[David Ulevitch]

On May 11, 2006, at 7:53 PM, Paul Vixie wrote:

> 2. CoDoNS and DHT round table / food fight (David Ulevich, EveryDNS)

Paul and I just talked briefly about this tonight and there is  
nothing planned yet.  The gist is that there is a lot of research  
being done in the "DHT based DNS" world and now the BBC has decided  
to cover it as a story (we're all gonna get 0wn3d apparently).  As a  
result I think it's worth having a brief discussion on some of the  
issues people are raising and seeing what it is that people care  
about.  This list raised most of the CoDoNS-specific questions after  
the RIPE talk and already received well written answers from the  
author of the paper so it won't be about CoDoNS in specific (or at  
all really).

What I want to do is raise some discussion about how changing the  
fundamental implementations of the DNS in such a revolutionary way  
changes the entire structure, operation and politics of the DNS.   
Where do groups like ICANN then fit in?  What about the root-servers  
and the TLDs?  There is a lot to discuss and more questions than  
answers.  While the CoDoNS emails a week or two back spawned most of  
this discussion the focus will be more general about the impending  
changes to the DNS and what they could mean.  I think a face to face  
forum is best for this discussion.

Alternatively it might be better if I present a more technical talk  
on the importance of a DNS cache that doesn't suck.  Big ISPs would  
be wise to take notes and provide their users with a better Internet  
experience as a result.  Based on the CoDoNS discussion on this list  
a week or two ago, this is likely the better option.  Unlike Paul, I  
don't want a food fight -- I do my own laundry and ketchup can be a  
pain to remove. ;)

Best,
David Ulevitch