Re: [44net] Verifying the identities of IP coordinators From: Don Fanning don@00100100.net Date: 01/13/2016 05:56 PM
To: AMPRNet working group 44net@hamradio.ucsd.edu
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 6:25 AM, Brian KantorBrian@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