(forw) [TAG] Value by acquistion cost: a case study

Wed Nov 16 14:10:41 PST 2005

End of that story.

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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:08:47 -0800
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: tag at lists.linuxgazette.net
Reply-To: The Answer Gang <tag at lists.linuxgazette.net>
Subject: [TAG] Value by acquistion cost: a case study

OK, their IT Dept.'s low man on the totem pole _did_ get back to me.
At least he was nice about it, although his "we tried to notify
everyone" is manifestly doubtful:  I'm very reachable, and the simple
fact is that they screwed up.  Repeatedly.

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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:53:34 -0800
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: [guy in the IT Dept.]
Subject: Re: [NetOps] Secondary nameservice for zone linuxmafia.com: was	switched off

Quoting [guy in the IT Dept.]:

> Unfortunately it was intentional, as we've radically redone our IT
> infrastructure; discontinuing secondary service for non-employee
> domains was a policy decision made by management.  We tried to notify
> everyone on the list - either we had the wrong email address for you,
> or your name slipped through the cracks.  Sorry about the
> inconvenience.  :(

Ah well.  Thanks for the explanation.

> On the upside, I have a personal colo system hosted at Savvis if
> you're looking for somewhere to host your secondary DNS.  Let me know
> if you're interested - [corporate e-mail] or [personal e-mail] - and
> I'll set it up for ya.

Appreciate the offer.  I'm pretty well covered.  Would be glad to do
secondary for you, if you need it, I should mention.

Something that works for me:  I've been in the habit of inserting comment 
lines into /etc/bind/named.conf.local's allow-transfer sections, 
holding the hostnames that go with those IPs, plus out-of-band
positive-contact information for the admins of those systems.  That way,
if I have to get in touch with them, the information's right there.

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