Could this whole mess with DNS be handled and resolved in a totally different way? I.E. Delegation? How about a simple decree that says DNS entries are to be handled similarly to netblock leases and for a similar time period. Past that allow for zone delegation. It would work like this... I go to my local coordinator with a request to join amprnet. My coordinator discusses with me what size netblock I need and assigns callsign.ampr.org. I can then choose to manage my own zone or have someone manage it for me. In either instance the coordinator simply enters a pointer to the global DNS server for that zone. Those providing DNS services for ampr.org subdomains are permitted to do so for a predetermined period, say 1yr at which point DNS registration drops from DNS unless renewed. Note, IANA via their registrars seem to manage this quite well. Really the only difference is that we offer free name registration and fail to force the experation of unused names after a predetermined time period. Honestly we probably ought require a couple usd when someone registers a name.ampr.org with their coordinator. It would not be overburdensome and it would serve to fund the ongoing operational costs of ampr.org most of which atpresent seem to be borne by BMW and maybe berry few others. Is be in favor of basicly scrapping our current dns and simply reregistering everything. Let's take a clean start, then deligate zones to be handled by groups that know their users. Then only lease ampr.org subdomains for a finite time and require anual renewals. Eric On Feb 7, 2016 5:11 PM, "John D. Hays" <john(a)hays.org> wrote: > (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) > _______________________________________________ > You have the user recreate it through the portal. Then they will have a > portal account. > On Feb 7, 2016 12:33 PM, "Rob Janssen" <pe1chl(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > > (Please trim inclusions from previous messages) > > _______________________________________________ > > > >> People -- we need the cleanup. I say, be aggressive. If an active DNS > >> record gets deleted, just recreate it -- Sheesh. > >> > > > > Maybe you have not understood it, but we are actually *using* the > network. > > For places where it is just a leftover of the packet radio days, I agree. > > > > Today I deleted a number of old BBS records, and a few hours later I got > a > > mail back that one that was still in use. We cannot do that for all > 3000 > > active records. > > > > Rob > > > > _________________________________________ > > 44Net mailing list > > 44Net(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu > > http://hamradio.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/44net > > >