[dns-operations] No public calendar for the root signing deployment

[Peter Koch]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 02:54:36PM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:

> > "warning [people] about the 512 issue" isn't, either.  It is also
> > not responsible communication.
> 
> Well, at least one root zone operator believes otherwise:
> 
> http://labs.ripe.net/content/preparing-k-root-signed-root-zone

my point is that the "melody" of the message is very important. Nothing in
this very good article really rings an alarm bell or "warns" people.
It is "just" good technical information.  The hard part is to tailor
the message towards the intended or even anticipated target audiences.
I'm all for openness and advance announcements, but some of the postings
in this thread could be read to suggest we're going to face a big experiment
with zillions of innocent victims being cut off the net.
If the rollout plan deserves the confidence I think it does, this ought
to be reflected in the wording.  Nothing stops anyone from communicating
in advance a list of potential side effects, the syptoms and ways to verify
these symptoms' real cause.  On the other hand, instead of calling everybody
to action with a notion of emergency, it might be more convincing to have
a monitoring plan published.

-Peter