13 Jan
2016
13 Jan
'16
2:59 p.m.
Re: [44net] Verifying the identities of IP
coordinators
From:
Don Fanning <don(a)00100100.net>
Date:
01/13/2016 05:56 PM
To:
AMPRNet working group <44net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu>
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 6:25 AM, Brian Kantor<Brian(a)ucsd.edu> wrote:
I just thought of another possibility. We could ask that the regional
coordinators do an audit of their IP spaces in conjunction with the
above suggestions as they're likely to have closer relationships with
the end user or be more familiar with the record keeping of their
countries amateur radio licensing. Then we can check off that IP
space as "claimed" or "reclaim" it back into the pool.
I have made an effort to do that. I tried to contact all hams that are in the current
allocation for the Netherlands, and asked them if they want to maintain their allocation.
As a result, some have replied they no longer want to use it, and I have deleted those
allocations. The ones that confirmed their allocation I put on a list with a datestamp.
But the vast majority of the hams could not be reached. I have no uptodate contact
info and even the old contact info is difficult to access (it is a folder in my mail
program
that stores all original requests starting in 2002, I don't even have those for the
addresses
requested before 2002).
I also regularly delete the allocations for hams that no longer appear in the official
callsign listing for the Netherlands. (I have done this every year, but recently I have
done
it weekly because starting from this year there is a fee for keeping an amateur callsign
and lots of inactive hams have removed their registration as a result)
I only keep the registrations in a hostsfile and use a script to send the updates to the
mail robot. As an afterthought, I should have kept a file with more info like date of
registration and contact address for each entry, but it would require a filtering system
so this information does not end up in the publicly visible file.
I like to keep everything in a textfile as opposed to some database with a web form
frontend, because it allows me to browse through the file to see where a new allocation
is to be put, something lacking from many address allocation systems including
the amprnet portal.
Rob