All,
I've hacked together a script that goes through the ampr.org DNS zone file and pulls out callsigns and related A, CNAME, and MX records.
Example:
CALL: N0SFH dhcp-20.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.20 dhcp-21.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.21 dhcp-22.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.22 dhcp-23.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.23 dhcp-24.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.24 dhcp-25.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.25 dhcp-26.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.26 dhcp-27.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.27 dhcp-28.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.28 dhcp-29.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.29 dhcp-30.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.30 gw.n0sfh IN A 44.50.192.1 n0sfh-1 IN A 44.50.192.5 Line count= 13
I could take the call signs and run them against QRZ.com (I have a XML subscription) and/or the Radio Amateur Call Book Data (The "Flying Horse" CD - I'm willing to buy the data).
I could use that data to 1) determine if the call sign was still active 2) try to find an e-mail address associated with the call sign.
I could then attempt to send an e-mail message asking the call sign owner to update their DNS entries via the portal. In the e-mail we could give the call sign owner 60-90 days to update their DNS entries or they would be deleted.
I came up with 17899 potential call signs in the zone file.
I would need:
1. Permission from the ARDC to send e-mails on its behalf. 2. A way to whittle down the file further, if possible. 3. Volunteers to translate the notification e-mail into multiple languages. 4. Someone who has an ISP or mail host willing to allow the sending of 10's of thousands of e-mails without it getting flagged as SPAM (I would want to try and contact each call sign owner with a valid e-mail at least three times before the deadline). 5. Access to the portal's DNS database to determine if someone registered their entries.
Thoughts? -Neil
Nice work ! Just wondered how you did it ? have you query the DNS ? or made parsing of the downloaded Zone file and did it on a local file now for my response In our Country there are few hostname that are of non alive hams and we operate a stations on their callsign as a memory for them (one example is 4x4fu.ampr.org which served for many years as Packet-InterNet gateway on his memory (he died long ago ) or 4x4ac.ampr.org same ... So 1) not all the hosts are of live persons (in our country the callsign is not return to the pool so the call of deed persons stay for them forever ) 2) as a results no email contact would be able to reach them 3) I was the one that enter most of the hosts of our country to the AMPR.ORG DNS so none of them even know what to do if he will get email probably he will not even know what are you talking about .. if you want to email him you will probably need to explain him a little and then ask him in the email to contact the local coordinator and tell him about the mail he got (or even forward it to him) 4) because of section 3 i think that in my case it is better to send all the hosts that you have found direct to the coordinator and let him deal with that .... Regards Ronen - 4Z4ZQ http://www.ronen.org
________________________________________ From: 44Net 44net-bounces+ronenp=hotmail.com@hamradio.ucsd.edu on behalf of Neil Johnson neil.johnson@erudicon.com Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 12:13 PM To: AMPRNet working group Subject: [44net] Proposal for Cleaning up ampr.org DNS file
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I've hacked together a script that goes through the ampr.org DNS zone file and pulls out callsigns and related A, CNAME, and MX records.
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