<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, 13 Oct 2022, at 21:37, Brendan O'Dea via linux-aus wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div><br></div><div>linux.conf.au is an identity. One which even hinged on the crazy<br></div><div>domain name which was technically not meant to exist, until someone<br></div><div>managed to talk kre into some kind of leave-pass which allowed us to<br></div><div>use it, but only around the conference time<br></div><div>(<a href="http://geonic.net/index.php?section=terms&subsection=AU&lang=RU#confau">http://geonic.net/index.php?section=terms&subsection=AU&lang=RU#confau</a>).<br></div><div>The time restriction appears to have been lifted.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think I was just doggedly emailing him - I recall quite a lot of to and fro. <br></div><div>And debugging lots of DNS (which I was unfamiliar with at the time) to satisfy him.<br></div><div><br></div><div>But I did save his response indicating the domain was now active for posterity:<br></div><div><br></div><div>Jon was involved in ensuring the domain would continue to be available for conference use (see: <a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/announce/2011-June/000117.html">http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/announce/2011-June/000117.html</a> ) <br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div>Anand<br></div><div><br></div><div>From my records:<br></div><div><br></div><div>From: Robert Elz <<a href="mailto:hostmaster@munnari.OZ.AU">hostmaster@munnari.OZ.AU</a>><br></div><div>To: Anand Kumria <<a href="mailto:wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au">wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au</a>><br></div><div>cc: <a href="mailto:ls.organisers@cse.unsw.edu.au">ls.organisers@cse.unsw.edu.au</a>, <a href="mailto:slug-committee@progsoc.uts.edu.au">slug-committee@progsoc.uts.edu.au</a><br></div><div>Subject: Re: .conf.au registration <br></div><div>In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 02 Jun 2000 21:42:59 +1000."<br></div><div> <<a href="mailto:20000602214259.R4136@ftoomsh.progsoc.uts.edu.au">20000602214259.R4136@ftoomsh.progsoc.uts.edu.au</a>> <br></div><div>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 04:16:51 +1000<br></div><div>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:8886.962043411@fuchsia.home.cs.mu.OZ.AU">8886.962043411@fuchsia.home.cs.mu.OZ.AU</a>><br></div><div>Sender: <a href="mailto:kre@munnari.OZ.AU">kre@munnari.OZ.AU</a><br></div><div><br></div><div> Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 21:42:59 +1000<br></div><div> From: Anand Kumria <<a href="mailto:wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au">wildfire@progsoc.uts.edu.au</a>><br></div><div> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20000602214259.R4136@ftoomsh.progsoc.uts.edu.au">20000602214259.R4136@ftoomsh.progsoc.uts.edu.au</a>><br></div><div><br></div><div> | We would like to register the domain linux.conf.au for an upcoming<br></div><div> | conference that we intend to put on early next Janruary.<br></div><div><br></div><div>This is set up now. The domain is set to expire on March 1st, 2001.<br></div><div>Please leave the nameservers running until after you have seen the<br></div><div>delegation vanish from here - if that doesn't happen and you want to<br></div><div>close down the nameservers, please send me a reminder.<br></div><div><br></div><div>kre<br></div><div></div></body></html>