[dns-operations] FreeBSD and the slaving of the root zone

[David Conrad]

Roland,

On Jul 31, 2007, at 12:29 PM, Roland Dobbins wrote:
>> I believe the only real mitigation to this sort of stuff is
>> decentralization.
>
> Of course - and the roots are decentralized, and are gradually
> becoming more so.

Some are, some aren't.

> All kidding aside, it seems to me that making a default behavioral
> change of this type in an OS without broader consultation isn't
> necessarily very wise.

Agreed.  Given the potential impact, it's actually fairly rude.

Rgds,
-drc