Hoi Hank, On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 10:09:54AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote: | Continuing in my previous view of examining RIPE services and alternatives | that are available: | | At the RIPE meeting, I saw http://dnsmon.ripe.net. I heard that the idea is not novell but comes originally from Caida who were seeking a broader measurement platform. | How is this different than: | http://www.caida.org/cgi-bin/dns_perf/main.pl is not a very widespread platform (4 probes?) | and | http://www.cymru.com/DNS/dns.html idem, and has a high smiley count. Actually I think the NCC should keep on running this and other services, because I have an explicit need to keep track of several large scale operational matters and we have an established trust and feedback mechanism in place from me (a LIR, RIPE member and TTM customer) to the folks at the NCC, eg it is a company that I fully trust to do these measurements in a proper manner. (I do not know anybody at Caida) -- __________________ Met vriendelijke groet, /\ ___/ Pim van Pelt /- \ _/ Business Internet Trends BV PBVP1-RIPE /--- \/ __________________