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[Note "reply-to:" field] Dear APNIC Member, As announced at the 1999 Annual Members Meeting, APNIC has been working on upgrading our Reverse DNS management procedures. Our work on improving this process is now ready for deployment, and this message provides an explanation of the changes that will occur. The new service will be available from Tuesday 31st of August 1999. To assist with the transistion to the new system, the existing web form for requesting reverse delegation will remain available for another two months until the 1st of November. Current System -------------- Currently, the process of obtaining reverse DNS delegations from APNIC involves the following steps: 1. DNS Delegation Requests are submitted to APNIC via http://www.apnic.net/apnic-008.html 2. Delegation requests are manually verified by APNIC staff 3. Zone files are updated manually by APNIC 4. Name server zone files are reloaded once a day New System ---------- With the new system, the process of obtaining delegations will involve the following steps: 1. DNS Delegation requests will be submitted to APNIC via http://www.apnic.net/db/domain.html or via email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2. Each DNS delegation request is automatically verified during submission 3. Each delegation request is recorded in the APNIC Whois database as a "domain" object 4. Zone files are generated automatically from domain objects in the APNIC Whois database once a day 5. Name server zone files are reloaded automatically once a day As part of this process we have populated the APNIC Whois database with domain objects generated from the current Reverse DNS zone files. Initially all objects will be set to be maintained by APNIC. As delegation requests are received we will modify the mnt-by field to point to the relavent maintainer of the address space. Procedural Changes ------------------ The web form you use to submit delegation requests has been modified to provide a simpler interface with real-time validation. Old URL: http://www.apnic.net/apnic-008.html New URL: http://www.apnic.net/db/domain.html The new web form will provide real time validation of your name server and zone file configurations, greatly reducing the number of required interactions with APNIC staff before before your delegation is accepted. The procedures which apply after the delegation is submitted are now fully automated. New Features ------------ The new system to be implemented will provide the following additional features: o DNS Delegations are now visible via the WHOIS interface o DNS Delegations are protected by mnt-by and mnt-lower hierarchy o Automated processing of zone files providing faster turn-around. o [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list for discussions on delegation system. Timetable for cut-over ---------------------- The cutover to the new system will be undertaken as follows: 1999/08/31 12:00 (UTC-10) Delegation requests queued 13:00 Current DNS data imported into Whois database 14:00 Zone file automatically generated from Whois database 14:30 New DNS Delegation request form deployed 15:00 Queued requests processed manually 15:30 New system live If you have any questions about this announcement, or about the new system, please do not hesitate to contact us. Regards, Paul Gampe APNIC Pty Ltd - Technical Manager. * APNIC-ANNOUNCE: Announcements concerning APNIC * * To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * APNIC-TALK: General APNIC Discussion List * * To unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
