10 Apr
2024
10 Apr
'24
2:48 p.m.
Hi David,
You misunderstand - the new portal allows members to manage their own DNS entries, not
other people's.
Currently ARDC staff with some help from the TAC.
The new portal
allows members to manage their own DNS records. You can also claim any existing DNS
records under ampr.org in the zonefile.
Why would the new portal system let people manipulate DNS records for other people's
allocations? That sounds like a very bad idea. Once you have
found your records, click on the "Claim" icon, which will create a new ticket
for an admin to process. Keep an eye out for ticket updates, as the admin may wish to ask
questions to clarify your request. If the admin is happy with your request, your request
will be approved, and your DNS record will be assigned to your account. You can view the
record by selecting "My records" from the "DNS" menu.
Who is this "admin"? Is this the regional AMPR subnet coordinator that will
review and bless this "DNS claim"? I need to check out the new portal now that it's
back up but were all the old DNS records pulled into the portal system?
Yes, and it’s a mess, it contains just of 50,000 records, the majority of which are not
being used. The problem is that over the years DNS entries have been added by anyone with
access without any guidance, so each coordinator did their own thing, the result is a very
messy DNS zonefile with a lot of “dead wood” that we need to tidy up.
I know at least in my 44.4.0.0/16 zone, there are
still some legacy DNS entries that don't reflect to specific allocations that the old
AMPR portal had any record of. This all happened with a previous regional coordinator and
while I continue to try to contact these people, it's very VERY slow going.
That’s where the new portal will be able to assist - the plan is to allow people to claim
their own DNS records, for a period of time (as yet to be decided) after which we will
disable any unclaimed records, leave it a while longer to see if anyone shouts, then
finally the disabled records will be deleted.
73,
Chris - G1FEF
--David
KI6ZHD
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