Suggestion from Piet Beertema

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  > Date:     Tue, 21 Jul 1992 11:45:04 +0200
  > From:     Piet.Beertema at mcsun.EU.net
  > Sender:   piet at mcsun.EU.net
  > To:       ncc at ripe.net
  > Subject:  Suggestion
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  > Add a "connect" field to domain entries, showing the service
  > provider(s) for a particular domain; alternatively set up a
  > new field for it, although I can't think of an appropriate
  > name for it right away.
  > This feature would be valuable, as it would provide sites all
  > over Europe with the possibility to exert access control on
  > domain names, using the RIPE whois database as authoritative
  > source (like it is used already for e.g. router access lists).
  > 
  > 
  > 	Piet
  > 
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The internal data database of DE-NIC for DE subdomains carries a field
with this kind of information;  in the application we are asking for
the "primary network supporting the domain" (and setting the rules for
use of gateways etc.), we also ask the service providers to confirm the
support.  Adapting to what seems to be needed these days the field usually
is multi valued; with several sets of keywords describing different views
or levels of the network structure (e.g. international service provider
./. integration in some regional network).

I can come up with more detailled information in a few days.
(and well, as the scheme did evolve over time, some aspects are not
as precisely defined and documented as ...)


  Ruediger


Ruediger Volk
Universitaet Dortmund, Informatik IRB				(DE NIC)
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