[Artemisia] FW: [Announcements] SCA Internet name server moving

[John Gibson]

Since the Artemisian Kingdom site pulls from this server, I thought I'd pass
this on.  Simply put to save you from reading further, there will be outages
with both the Society and Kingdom site over the next week.

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From: announcements-bounces at sca.org [mailto:announcements-bounces at sca.org]On
Behalf Of LMOORE2122 at wi.rr.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:14 AM
To: announcements at sca.org
Subject: [Announcements] SCA Internet name server moving


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
beproactive 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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