On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
ICANN is a customer of Abovenet (apparently, they don't use multi-homing). Abovenet had connectivity problems that week-end (Core3.sjc2 rebooting) and that may explain the trouble.
May be ICANN should multi-home to avoid depending on one provider. But, as someone said, www.icann.org is not critical for the daily operation of the Internet.
If they are single homed, what's this about: ICANN (ASN-L-ROOT) 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina Del Rey, California 90292 US Autonomous System Name: L-ROOT Autonomous System Number: 20144 Coordinator: Crain, John (JC2032-ARIN) crain@icann.org +1 3108239358 Record last updated on 30-Mar-2001. Database last updated on 18-Nov-2001 19:53:59 EDT. Maybe I'm just being dense - it wouldn't be the first time - but if ICANN isn't multi homed, or *about* to be multihomed, why are they holding on to scarce resources like an ASN? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------