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

I have no strong interest here, but I would think it might be good to have
Dee's server continue to be primary, and secondary and tertiery somewhere
on GCI and AT&T's networks, respectively. That way we'd have nameservers
on all three major networks in Alaska.

Mike

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, W.D.McKinney wrote:

> 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
> _____
>
> 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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