[HECnet] hecnet.eu and decnet.org domains

[Bob Armstrong]

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