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[Kakapo] Re: windows AD DNS subdomain Andover.ms.mit.edu request from

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Coveney)
Mon Apr 12 10:30:22 2004

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:27:39 -0400
To: Mark Silis <mark@mit.edu>
From: Tom Coveney <lensman@mit.edu>
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         Hi all,

         Now that the web form is all sorted out, I'd like to know when the 
dns sub-domain will be ready? These users are ready to move forward with 
their migration.

         Tom C.

At 09:56 AM 4/12/2004 -0400, Tim Brennan wrote:
>Hi Tom, Mark, all:
>
>Thanks very much for following up on this.  I'll assume there is no 
>further action I need to take on this end unless I hear back otherwise.
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
>
>At 03:38 PM 4/11/2004 -0400, Mark Silis wrote:
>>Hi Tom,
>>
>>Actually as these are DNS requests  for sub-domain delegations the form
>>should be owned by the Network Operations group. As part of the DART
>>transition last year we migrated the form and its Casetracker feed into
>>netreq with the help of Oliver Thomas and Theresa Regan. Please let me
>>know if you have any further questions.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>-- Mark
>>
>>
>>On Apr 9, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Thomas L. Thornton wrote:
>>
>>>Tim,
>>>
>>>The mail you forward comes from the form at
>>>http://mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/server/cr/independentDNS .  That
>>>form is accessed from one page, .../server/request_forms.html, and
>>>posts data to the file index.txt in the same independentDNS directory.
>>>The addressee on that form is you and only you.  It can and should be
>>>changed, but there are two issues with doing this.
>>>
>>>First, when a form (or any other page for that matter) changes on
>>>windows/server, who does version control?  I believe noone.  Joe keeps
>>>versions of old forms Pismere built, but they are both ad hoc and
>>>incomplete.  Probably Joe should keep a CVS tree of all this, which I
>>>propose also for selfish reasons, since I want to make other changes
>>>in those pages.
>>>
>>>Second, to whom should this form send mail?  As far as I know, the
>>>form should be owned by Kakapo and they will decide.  For a temporary
>>>change I have edited the index.txt to send mail to netreq.  I keep the
>>>previous index.txt and rename it indexOld.txt.  In the future, I can
>>>predict that changing it permanently would require work from either
>>>Oliver or Joe.
>>>
>>>-Tom
>>>
>>>>Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 08:58:06 -0400
>>>>From: Tim Brennan <timb@MIT.EDU>
>>>>
>>>>Hi Tom:
>>>>
>>>>I'm not sure why I received this e-mail.  My guess is that I'm still
>>>>somehow connected with a form I updated some time ago, although I was
>>>>under
>>>>the impression that this was fixed.  Can you help or point me in the
>>>>direction of an appropriate contact on the team?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Tim
>>>>>
>>>>>Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:40:02 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>>
>>>>>(form="http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/server/cr/ 
>>>>>independentDNS/index.html")
>>>>>
>>>>>(action="/bin/cgiemail/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/ist/topics/windows/ 
>>>>>server/cr/independentDNS/index.txt")
>>>>>From: lensman@MIT.EDU
>>>>>To: timb@MIT.EDU
>>>>>Subject: windows AD DNS subdomain Andover.ms.mit.edu request from
>>>>>lensman@mit.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>lensman@mit.edu has submitted a request for the Windows Active
>>>>>Directory
>>>>>DNS subdomain Andover.ms.mit.edu, on behalf of Department of
>>>>>Facilities.
>>>>>The contact has specified the following preferred e-mail address, if
>>>>>any:
>>>>>ditr-colocation@mit.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The following are the contents of the request:
>>>>>
>>>>>--Customer contact information for this request--
>>>>>
>>>>>DLC or Office on behalf of which the request is being made:
>>>>>Department of  Facilities
>>>>>
>>>>>MIT username of the requester:
>>>>>lensman
>>>>>
>>>>>Full name of the requester:
>>>>>Tom Coveney
>>>>>
>>>>>Phone number of the requester:
>>>>>258-7932
>>>>>
>>>>>Alternate e-mail address for the primary contact (optional):
>>>>>ditr-colocation@mit.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>E-mail addresses of additional contacts for the customer (optional):
>>>>>ditr-colocation@mit.edu
>>>>>alegere@PLANT.MIT.EDU
>>>>>
>>>>>--Operational contacts for the requested DNS subdomain--
>>>>>
>>>>>Mailing list of contacts for the DLC or office requesting the DNS
>>>>>subdomain (optional):
>>>>>ditr-colocation@mit.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>Full name of the primary contact:
>>>>>Alan Legere
>>>>>
>>>>>E-mail address of the primary contact:
>>>>>alegere@PLANT.MIT.EDU
>>>>>
>>>>>Phone number of the primary contact:
>>>>>253-4756
>>>>>
>>>>>Full name of the secondary contact:
>>>>>Tom Coveney
>>>>>
>>>>>E-mail address of the secondary contact:
>>>>>lensman@mit.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>Phone number of the secondary contact:
>>>>>258-7932
>>>>>
>>>>>--DNS subdomain name and DNS server information--
>>>>>
>>>>>Preferred name for the DNS subdomain:
>>>>>Andover.ms.mit.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>First alternate for the DNS subdomain:
>>>>>Andover-Controls.ms.mit.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>Second alternate for the DNS subdomain:
>>>>>AndoverControls.ms.mit.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>First DNS server for the DNS subdomain:
>>>>>18.7 .25.91
>>>>>
>>>>>Second DNS server for the DNS subdomain:
>>>>>18.7.25.92
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--Notes/Additonal comments--
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Note: This information is supplied by a non-authenticated Web form
>>>>>and as
>>>>>such may be inaccurate or forged.

=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
Tom Coveney           Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Network Consultant   Information Services & Technology,
                      Departmental IT Resources
lensman@mit.edu      MIT Room E19-630
Tel:    617.258.7932     77 Massachusetts Ave.
                      Cambridge, Ma 02139-4307  

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