[IDD #GJH-813065]: Request for another server for UNIDATA LDM access

Hi Daniel,

re:
> The question then is whether the current instantiation of
> weather.southalabama.edu is covered under the blanket '.edu' exception.

If reverse DNS exists for weather.southalabama.edu, then yes, it
it is covered by the blanket ALLOW.  A quick check using 'nslookup' shows
that reverse DNS does, in fact, exist for this machine:

% nslookup weather.southalabama.edu                                 
Server:         128.117.64.44
Address:        128.117.64.44#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   weather.southalabama.edu
Address: 199.33.132.237

% nslookup 199.33.132.237
Server:         128.117.64.44
Address:        128.117.64.44#53

Non-authoritative answer:
237.132.33.199.in-addr.arpa     name = weather.southalabama.edu.

Authoritative answers can be found from:
199.in-addr.arpa        nameserver = z.arin.net.
199.in-addr.arpa        nameserver = x.arin.net.
199.in-addr.arpa        nameserver = r.arin.net.
199.in-addr.arpa        nameserver = arin.authdns.ripe.net.
199.in-addr.arpa        nameserver = y.arin.net.
199.in-addr.arpa        nameserver = u.arin.net.
r.arin.net      has AAAA address 2001:500:f0::63
u.arin.net      internet address = 204.61.216.50
u.arin.net      has AAAA address 2001:500:14:6050:ad::1
x.arin.net      has AAAA address 2001:500:31::63
y.arin.net      internet address = 192.82.134.30
y.arin.net      has AAAA address 2001:500:127::30
z.arin.net      internet address = 199.212.0.63
arin.authdns.ripe.net   internet address = 193.0.9.10

re:
> If
> this is the case, I don't foresee any issues with CSC setting up a DNS
> entry for the new machine and either swapping around the cnames or moving
> the current cname to an alias.

Excellent!

re:
> If it isn't the case, then there is the
> larger issue of finding out why rDNS isn't working in this context.

It is the case that there is reverse DNS for weather.southalabama.edu,
and because of the reverse DNS the machine will OK feed REQUEST(s)
under the blanket '.edu' ALLOW.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GJH-813065
Department: Support IDD
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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