[Linux-aus] linux.conf.au domain

[Brendan O'Dea]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 05:11:26PM +0930, Glen Turner wrote:
>Brendan O'Dea wrote:
>
>>Pity we can't just get the conf.au zone to contain:
>>
>>    linux CNAME lca.linux.org.au.
>>
>>allowing the linux.org.au admins to manage lca.linux.org.au as
>>appropriate.
>
>I don't see how that suggestion helps.  The naming policy
>for .conf.au is the same for any type of record in .conf.au,
>so a CNAME would expire too.

I was suggesting a static CNAME which would not expire, thereby moving
the responsibility of turning the domain on/off from kre to the
linux.org.au admins.

Surely the adding/removal of a second CNAME from lca.linux.org.au to
lcaXXXX.linux.org.au would be trivial to automate.

--bod