[dns-operations] Unplanned DLV zone outage on 2009-Apr-06

[bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com]

On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 04:20:40PM -1000, David Conrad wrote:
> >if ICANN is willing to step forward and help, then you
> >will find ISC extremely non-possessive about DLV.
> 
> An interesting thought, but I'm not sure how ICANN could effectively  
> vet the submissions to the DLV.  We can do the ITAR because we have  
> pre-existing relationships with the TLD administrators.  Such  
> relationships obviously don't exist for DLV and I don't know how we  
> could provide it without charging for it (which would open up a whole  
> new barrel of laughs).
> 
> Regards,
> -drc

	the seeds of your answer lie in your last para...
	-IF- you charge, then there exists a business relationship
	on which trust can be built.  but then theres not much different
	in that model with most CA's...  you pays your money and you
	takes your chances.


--bill