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

I'm down with this as well.

We've been getting good service from Dee. I'm not for jumping ship over
one minor bobble in a couple of years. Besides, the price is right.

If this were some 'mission-critical' system that we were paying bucks
for, Kracker might have a point.

Lee and Mike have a good point too, an additional outside nameserver
probably wouldn't hurt. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it though.

Jim G

Mike Tibor wrote:
> 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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Received on Mon Oct 16 09:47:51 2006