some 6bone backbone cleanup recommendations

bmanning@ISI.EDU bmanning@ISI.EDU
Mon, 4 May 1998 06:19:41 -0700 (PDT)


> Bill,
> 
> At 08:47 PM 4/30/98 -3100, Bill Manning wrote:
> >> Setup a 6bone-ops list consisting of only mail handles registered in the
> >> 6bone registry:
> >>   should include email handles from: (David Kessens has volunteered to do
> >> this list)
> >>     the person: object, e-mail: field
> >>     the mntner: object, mnt-nfy: field
> >>     remove duplicates
> >>     all 6bone sites, not just backbone pTLAs
> >
> >
> >	Perhaps the better way to do this is to track the delegations
> >	and use the SOA contacts.  
> >
> >	Its' being done to soem degree with the walking of the inverse
> >	tree already.
> 
> If we do try to create a new list my concern with your idea is that SOAs
> might miss folk at 6bone sites that should be on our list but for some
> local DNS management reason aren't SOA contacts.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bob

Well, the list already exists and it is for zones that are expressly for 
the purposes of deployment of IPv6. And if there are local reasons for
not linking the two groups together, then by using the SOA values as a 
means to track deployment, we bring a hitherto disenfranchised group into
the IPv6 arena by making them aware.  

-- 
--bill