Re: Call for action: aklug.org name server separation

Krack,
I was in South America when ACS Internet had issues with our network connection.
We will have diverse DNS IP soon to stop DNS outage issues as we already have 3 DNS servers.
Since we host AKLUG service at no charge, the AKLUG leaders are free to do whatever they choose.

Cheers,
-Dee

Alaska Wireless Systems
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From: kracker [mailto:thekracker@gmail.com]
To: aklug.org [mailto:aklug@aklug.org]
Sent: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:21:36 -0800
Subject: Call for action: aklug.org name server separation

Greetings fellow AKLUGers,
  
  I am writing today to bring up a
  particularly relevant conversation
  whose time has come again
  in the wake of this week's aklug.org
  dns outage.
  
  The outage (resolved yesterday)
  occurred because unlike most
  internet name servers, the aklug
  name servers are all hosted on
  the same network.
  
  http://dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=aklug.org
  
  While hosting aklug dns from a
  single (point of failure | or ) network
  may be convenient, it is by no
  measure stable.
  
  Often the aklug dns goes down,
  preventing people from using
  aklug.org resources like the list,
  mail, website, calendar, wiki, etc.
  
  I propose to alleviate these reoccurring
  breakdown / outages by first replacing
  the primary name server by pointing
  primary name server (in the registrar records)
  to the server which already hosts the website.
  
  The software has been setup and configured.
  all that is needed is for the registrar information
  be updated to include an additional server ip pointing
  to the primary server.
  
  A replacement secondary name server on a separate
  network within Alaska should be setup as well.
  
  We have friends in several key (and stable) networks,
  I'd imagine at least one of them might be able to chime
  in with an offer.
  
  We can leave the Tertiary server as it setup now.
  
  Lets protect the availability of the aklug.org services
  by taking action now to make aklug.org dns reliable,
  even in the event one network goes down and you
  can not reach an emergency contact or get that call back.
  
  
  seriously,
  respectfully,
  //kracker
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Received on Sat Oct 14 08:28:04 2006