[HECnet] hecnet.eu and decnet.org domains

[Johnny Billquist]

Speaking of which, Update runs its own DNS servers, web servers, and just about anything else as well. And we don't have any bandwidth limitations, and we have a pretty high bandwidth in general (maybe more than most places).

I just don't personally care much about fixing web pages. While I certainly can manage DNS records, I'm so old school that I keep them in static files for bind to use. And I haven't checked what Update is running now, so I don't know how much of that I could do. But there are a few other Updaters around here as well, who might chime in.

But on the other hand, I don't mind other people taking initiatives, and making stuff happen either.

Just giving you all some more options. :-)

	Johnny

Steve Davidson wrote:
If we really get stuck with this I am my own ISP and can probably make
something work.   I pay for a certain amount of bandwidth, but the
addresses (all static) are mine to assign and manage.   I have no
practical limitations to the number of domains they represent.
Current domains pointing to my address space (that may be of use in this
context) are:
69.21.253.228
decvax.net - alias for vmsnet.org (at the moment anyway)
vmsnet.org - currently a NetBSD front-end system to a VAX cluster.   Soon
it will be a VMS cluster of Alpha's and VAXen
69.21.253.229
pdp-11.net - currently a NetBSD front-end system to a PDP-11 group of
systems (don't ask it's ugly to say the least)
69.21.253.230
declab.net - intended to point to the SMDnet backbone (when I have more
time to deal with this)
declab.org - intended to point to the HECnet backbone (when I have more
time to deal with this)
-Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Bob Armstrong
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:50
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: [HECnet] hecnet.eu and decnet.org domains
Sampsa Laine wrote:
Suggestion: If we include external IP addresses for any nodes that   have them in those data files we discussed yesterday, could we   populate the DNS with these (i.e. chimpy.hecnet.eu points at CHIMPY's   external IP address)?
  Looks like Mark has run into a few snags with his registrar for the
hecnet.eu domain, but nothing fatal and it should get straightened out
in a
few days.   In the meantime I noticed that the decnet.org domain was also
available - seemed like a shame to just leave it lying around for anyone
to
get, so I registered that one.   I don't know if I'll actually end up
doing
anything with it or if I'll just give it up in a year, but in the
meantime
it's available for any good use we can think of.
  If your machine is directly connected to the Internet and you want a
third
level DNS record for "node.decnet.org", send me an email with the name
and
IP and/or FQDN and I'll add an A or CNAME record as you like.   AFAIK my
ISP
doesn't have any official limit on the number of DNS records that
they'll
permit per domain, so we can test that policy :-)
  It'd be nice if all the various documents and status displays
associated
with HECnet were all accessible from a single web page, but I have
absolutely zero desire to be a webmaster.   If somebody wants to
volunteer to
host a web page for HECnet let me know and I'll be happy to point the
www.decnet.org entry that way.   You don't have to actually host all the
various documents and scripts, of course - just maintain a page with
links
to them.
Bob