[atlas]DNS records for the probes' internet address

On 2 Dec 2010, at 15:10, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:

> Hi Tore,
> 
> yes, manufacturing a DNS name for my/our probe/s was one of the first
> actions during installation :-)
> 
> Tore Anderson wrote:
> 
>> Hi list,
>> 
>> I've got a probe connected to my home broadband connection, which might
>> change its WAN address whenever my ISP feels like it should.
> 
> What would be your suggested mechanism to keep this in synch with the
> DNS zone data?

dynamic updates, I guess. If the probe can't handle that in its firmware then the receiving side, at the NCC, could update a local zone (what Tore was suggesting).
This is a request for a service like what dyndns and others do, which has support in quite a few DSL routers these days, but without having to subscribe to these services.

> 
>> I just
>> thought it would be a nice feature if the probes had an A record in DNS
>> that were automatically updated to match the current external address.
>> Like probe-121.atlas.ripe.net or something.  That way I would have a
>> hostname I would be sure that points to the WAN address of my CPE
>> whenever I want to log on to my home network from somewhere else.
>> 
>> I would think such a feature would be a small incentive for home
>> broadband users to become probe hosts.
>> 
>> On an unrelated note, the graphs for the probe in question (#121)
>> doesn't work, they're all gray, even though the probe is up.
>> 
>> Best regards,
> 
> Cheers,
> Wilfried
>