Applicant s approach to handling the initial registration surge is to rely on the designed-in overcapacity of the system. Fault Tolerance . The proposed approach to availability follows well-understood principles and does make use of geographical dispersion for the DNS and registry functions. The proposed plan was somewhat unclear on whether transfer of registry operations to a secondary site would be automatic or manual. An approach that supports continuous registry operation even in the face of catastrophic failure at one site would be preferred.
Security is addressed at every level and makes use of state of the art tools.
Summary of Relevant Experience . Apparent Implementation Risks . The main risk is that the requirements for the startup period may be far higher than have been projected. Available of Human, Operational and Technical Resources to Cope with Unexpected Events . The two organizations have plentiful human, operational and technical resources to cope with surprise.