poole@eunet.ch wrote:
Hank writes:
In my case it is the opposite. The large personnel costs are for DNS rather than for IP. Those that connect have no idea what DNS is, none whatsoever about bind, nameservice, primary and secondary nameservers, how to structure their own internal domain space, etc. I have had lots of Novell networks wanting connectivity and then you need to explain to them about LAN Workplace for DOS, LAN Workgroup or Netwire IP and how each fits into the DNS way of things. The personnel time is roughly 5:1 for DNS vs IP allocation in my country.
I really don't see the need for the large amount of consulting in the case of DNS, give them a name and if they can't use it properly that is -really- their problem (this doesn't work in the case of IP addresses,
Strongly disagree. Doing so DNS performance would really be bad. Think of all the ROOTs coming up ...
since the size of the allocation has to be determined based on ther technical plans of the applicant).
We had lot of discussion about that within the DE-NIC steering-financing committee. We finally decided to give every one a free shot. If the applicant sent in a detailed technical plan justifying the requested address space, it's fine. Otherwise the templates are sent back with addresses where he/she may buy consultancy.
Simon
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