If we really get stuck with this I am my own ISP and can probably make something work. I pay for a certain amount of bandwidth, but the addresses (all static) are mine to assign and manage. I have no practical limitations to the number of domains they represent. Current domains pointing to my address space (that may be of use in this context) are: 69.21.253.228 decvax.net - alias for vmsnet.org (at the moment anyway) vmsnet.org - currently a NetBSD front-end system to a VAX cluster. Soon it will be a VMS cluster of Alpha's and VAXen 69.21.253.229 pdp-11.net - currently a NetBSD front-end system to a PDP-11 group of systems (don't ask it's ugly to say the least) 69.21.253.230 declab.net - intended to point to the SMDnet backbone (when I have more time to deal with this) declab.org - intended to point to the HECnet backbone (when I have more time to deal with this) -Steve -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Bob Armstrong Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:50 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: [HECnet] hecnet.eu and decnet.org domains Sampsa Laine wrote: Suggestion: If we include external IP addresses for any nodes that have them in those data files we discussed yesterday, could we populate the DNS with these (i.e. chimpy.hecnet.eu points at CHIMPY's external IP address)? Looks like Mark has run into a few snags with his registrar for the hecnet.eu domain, but nothing fatal and it should get straightened out in a few days. In the meantime I noticed that the decnet.org domain was also available - seemed like a shame to just leave it lying around for anyone to get, so I registered that one. I don't know if I'll actually end up doing anything with it or if I'll just give it up in a year, but in the meantime it's available for any good use we can think of. If your machine is directly connected to the Internet and you want a third level DNS record for "node.decnet.org", send me an email with the name and IP and/or FQDN and I'll add an A or CNAME record as you like. AFAIK my ISP doesn't have any official limit on the number of DNS records that they'll permit per domain, so we can test that policy :-) It'd be nice if all the various documents and status displays associated with HECnet were all accessible from a single web page, but I have absolutely zero desire to be a webmaster. If somebody wants to volunteer to host a web page for HECnet let me know and I'll be happy to point the www.decnet.org entry that way. You don't have to actually host all the various documents and scripts, of course - just maintain a page with links to them. Bob