Re: Warning of major NHS IT overspend

[Roger Hayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian G Batten 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> On Thu, 04 Nov 2004, Peter Tomlinson wrote:
>
> > DNS is a disciplined (OK, self-disciplined) method where data is used
> > all the time by messages coming from all over the world. Errors and
> > service outages are quickly obvious and we all as users expect them to
> > happen from time to time and be quickly fixed by the professionals who
> > operate the nodes in the internet.
>
> Huh?  DNS servers are operated by random punters,

(snip)

Not entirely random, in that you cannot nominate a (?primary) DNS server 
for a .com or .net domain without getting someone in a hosting company 
to vouch for the suitability of the hostname and IP with a domain 
registrar.  By saying that people in a domain hosting company are not a 
random selection of the population I am not claiming any particular 
degree of expertise or social responsibility, however.





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Roger Hayter