Re: This is a coordinated hacking. (Was Re: Need help in flushing DNS)

[shawn wilson <ag4ve.us () gmail com>]

I think ICANN would have to add a delay in where a request was sent out to
make sure everyone was on the same page and then what happens the couple
thousand (more)  times a day that someone isn't updated or is
misconfigured?

I think Netsol should be fined. Maybe even a class action suite filed
against them for lost business. And that's it.
On Jun 20, 2013 11:28 PM, "Hal Murray" <hmurray () megapathdsl net> wrote:

> > ....at what point is the Internet a piece of infrastructure whereby we
> > actually need a way to watch this thing holistically as it is one system
> and
> > not just a bunch of inter-jointed systems? Who's job is it to do nothing
> but
> > ensure that the state of DNS and other services is running as it
> > should....who's the clearing house here.
>
> > The Internet:  Discovering new SPOF since 1969!
> :)  Thanks.
>
> Perhaps we should setup a distributed system for checking things rather
> than
> another SPOF.  That's distributed both geographically and administratively
> and using several code-bases.
>
> In this context, I'd expect lots of false alarms due to people changing
> their
> DNS servers but forgetting to inform their monitoring setup (either
> internal
> or outsourced).
>
> How would you check/verify that the communication path from the monitoring
> agency to the right people in your NOC was working correctly?
>
>
> --
> These are my opinions.  I hate spam.