On Fri, 17 Jan 2016 23:59:19 -0500, Bill Horne bill@horne.net wrote:
To that end: someone please answer these questions -
- What information must a coordinator send to the ampr.org DNS to
create/modify a listing?
A coordinator has to be authorized to send email to the AMPR address robot. You send add/del and other commands to the robot and it modifies the DNS records accordingly and it replies in an email about the action it took, if any. Brian Kantor is in charge of manually managing the list of authorized coordinators.
- Is there a standard entry format for the information a coordinator
sends in, or is it parsed by hand?
The format is specified and the process is automated. You can query the robot and it will reply with a summary of the command formats.
- How much of the unwanted info in the current DNS file(s) can be
removed without consequence?
I don't understand this question. Any alteration would have a consequence. The only record removal that would have no consequences would be the removal of a record that isn't in use by an active node.
- Is it possible for me to reformat the existing files, knowing
little about DNS?
Since coordinators don't manipulate the DNS record directly, the robot handles all the details. The coordinator only needs to know the type of record he wants to add/del or modify and send the appropriate lines of text. You can view the DNS records directly via the FTP site.
The robot reminder says: Remember, you may retrieve a full list of all registered hosts, updated daily in hosts.net format: ftp://hamradio.ucsd.edu/pub/amprhosts in domain.txt format: ftp://hamradio.ucsd.edu/pub/ampr.org