.org Registry Offline - Not

einer writes "According to the The Register, the registry containing all of the .org tld information has fallen off the planet. The article is light on details, and doesn't list any potential consequences. " It looks like it's the server that maintains the records for who owns what .org domain - and a big "I Told You So" for Verisign. And of course, now it seems to be working just fine. Good work, PIR.

Comments

Flame if you will.

[FreeLinux]

But, this was a concern when the whole TLD split-up was initially suggested. I'm no fan of Verisign but, Network Solutions and Verisign ran a tight ship. This type of thing just didn't happen. ICANN made a big mistake with their breakup of the registrars and this is likely to become a frequent problem.

The worst part is, with the way the resgistrars are distributed now, the blame game is going to be rediculous with everyone pointing at the other guy. In the past there was no question as to who was responsible for any issues.

Is there a better way?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do we have to have a system that relies on single points of failure for each of the main TLDs? Each "maintainer" of the TLD is subject to problems - both mechanical (system failures, congestion, etc.) and human (stupidity, politics, luck).

I don't think the founding fathers of the Internet thought it of it being like this.

No Surprise

[kellan1]

Anyone who followed the .Org bidding process knew this day was coming. ICANN's summary dismissal of the IMS/ISC bid as being too technical ("Internet is hard", says ICANN) in favor of 2-bit registrars who "white washed" their record by getting a major NGO to sit on the board made it inevitable.

I'm skeptical of the news.

[transiit]

Because whois queries for .org's dropped off months ago for me.

transiit@machine$: whois slashdot.org
.
.
. (big versign legal statement)
The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and Registrars.

oops. No .ORG there. I can't help but think the Reg happened to try a whois and not getting an answer freaked out. Note the total lack of explanatory detail.

I wouldn't go villifying anyone just yet.

-transiit

Re:whois still working

[Gortbusters.org]

In other words, this was a horrible article to post.

BOGUS REPORT

[Medievalist]

My .org domain ran fine all weekend. I do not believe there is any issue of real importance behind all this fooferaw.

You can't "whois" a .org domain without specifying a valid .org whois server. THE SKY IS FALLING! Guess what, you can't whois a .mil domain without specifying a valid .mil whois server. Nothing to report here, system works as advertised.

The important function of a registrar is to feed names into the root nameservers. I don't see any indication of any flaws in that process. All the .org names seem to resolve fine, and I got a total of ZERO problem reports over the weekend from our 24x7 .org site. Did anyone else have a real DNS problem, or is this all a case of the Register placing too much value on the compiled-in defaults for the whois client?

Anyone?

Retraction is in order

[Sxooter]

No matter how long it was on the front page, this article sullied the reputation of the .org folks, and they deserve an apology and a retraction.

Unless, of course, the Reg doesn't take responsibility for what it publishes. Like a lot of so called "news" sites out there. Heck, even slashdot posts retractions once in a blue moon or two.

Pushing the legal envelope?

[bbc22405]

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