[Ansteorra-announce] [Announcements] SCA Internet name server moving

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Technical Bulletin: SCA Internet name server moving

DECEMBER 7, 2005: The Society for Creative Anachronism is in the 
process of
moving its Internet name server onto a new computer. This procedure, 
which
commenced early this morning, may cause intermittent problems with web 
and
email access to any address containing "sca.org" or its subdomains 
(e.g.,
"equestrian.sca.org") during the next few days as the change propagates
out across the Internet.

The name server is the device that converts a human-friendly address, 
such
as "www.sca.org", into a purely-numeric address that computers 
understand
and which is used when making the connection. To improve reliability, 
most
organizations (including the SCA) run more than one name server, so 
that if
one fails the others will carry the workload.

During the transition time, the old server continues to be online, so 
most
people should not notice any problems. There may, however, be outages 
of
a brief duration while some parts of the Internet still use the old 
server,
yet other parts have updated to the new server. These problems, while
unavoidable and unpredictable, are self-resolving with time. The 
symptom
would be an error message of "host not found" or some similar phrasing.

If you experience problems emailing any "sca.org" address, or reaching 
the
"sca.org" web site (or any subdomains), the first thing to do is 
simply to
wait a while and then try again. Those experiencing persistent problems
can send email to sca-dns at 4th.com to report the problem. This is a 
TEMPORARY
address, valid only during this transition since it needs to be outside
the sca.org domain. Please use this special address only for reporting
urgent problems, and note that it will be removed from service in a 
few days.

We expect the transition to proceed smoothly, but felt that we should 
be
proactive in notifying the populace of the possibility of brief 
outages.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The transition is 
being
made as a part of a strategic initiative to improve the SCA's Internet
services, and as with any new "construction", some disruption is 
inevitable.

Sincerely,

Scott Courtney
Chief Technical Officer
cto at sca.org

Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to: 
SCA Inc.
Box 360789
Milpitas,  CA 95036

You may also email comments at sca.org or reply to this message.

This announcement is an official informational release by the Society for Creative Anachronism , Inc.  Permission is granted to reproduce this announcement in its entirety in newsletters, websites and electronic mailing lists.

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