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From: geoff@FERNWOOD.MPK.CA.US (the tty of Geoff Goodfellow)
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Subject: How to sign-up a host in the .US Domain.
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Date: 15 Jul 88 02:38:23 GMT
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What's required to register a UUCP host in the .US domain:

o   a copy of the US DOMAIN QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HOST ENTRY,

o   a friendly Internet host to act as your mail forwarder, 

o   a UUCP map entry.

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1.  Request a copy of the US DOMAIN QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HOST ENTRY from
Ann Westine   /  {backbone-site}!isi.edu!Westine  (a copy is
included at the end of this posting).

2.  All hosts in the US Domain are of the form:  Hostname.City.STATE.US,
i.e. Fernwood.MPK.CA.US  or  Lurker.Irvine.CA.US.  There is no standard for 
"City".  Either pick your city's full name or make up a reasonable abbreviation 
of it (all future hosts in your city will be registered under it).  I choose 
MPK to represent Menlo Park, since it was our Western Union answerback city 
code and is short.  Here's what the initial application for Fernwood.MPK.CA.US 
looked like (the following example is outdated and *NOT* current information):

    (1)  The name of the top-level domain to join.

           US

    (2)  The NIC handle of the administrative head of the organization.
     
           GEOF

    (3)  The NIC handle of the technical contact for the entry.

           GEOF

    (4)  The name of the host.

           Fernwood.MPK.CA.US

    (5)  Please describe your organization briefly.

           Fernwood is a PC/GRiD File Server/LAN-Internet/UUCP/MCI-Mail liaison.

    (6)  What RR records and values are to be entered.

           Fernwood.MPK.CA.US  IN   HINFO   PC-XT/GRiD-1701 PC-DOS/GRiD-OS
                               IN   MX      10   unix.sri.com

    (7)  Where is the IN-ADDR pointer record to be entered.

           n/a

    (8)  What TTL

           One Week   604800

    (9)  CNAME Record if any.

           none


3.  Arrange for an Internet host to act as your MX Record relay/forwarder.
a MX (Mail eXchange) record contains the host name(s) of systems which accept 
mail for your host and then forward it along to you.  The mail forwarding host 
will need to put a hack in its sendmail.cf file (or in whatever mail system 
they run) to translate mail for 
    User@YourHost.City.STATE.US to YourUUCPHostname!User.  
Note: your UUCP host name and your US Domain host name do not necessarily have 
to be the same (although its recommended they be).  Erik Fair kindly provided 
sri-unix a sendmail.cf rule to translate mail for User@Fernwood.MPK.CA.US to 
fernwood!User.  The rule is inserted the in the machine dependent section of 
ruleset zero, before the general purpose TCP/SMTP mailer call:
    R$*<@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>$*      $#uucp$@fernwood$:$1

4.  Fill out a uucp map entry template and mail it off to your regional map 
coordinator.  Here's what the initial uucp map entry for Fernwood.MPK.CA.US 
looked like (the following example is outdated and *NOT* current information):

    #N     fernwood, .fernwood.mpk.ca.us
    #F     unix.sri.com
    #S     WGS-PCXT / GRiD Server 1701; PC-DOS 3.2 / GRiD Server OS 11.1.0
    #O     fernwood is a PC/GRiD File Server/LAN-Internet/UUCP/MCI-Mail liaison.
    #C     Geoff Goodfellow
    #E     Geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us, fernwood!Geoff
    #T     +1 415 325 7335
    #P     P.O. Box 1206, Menlo Park, CA  94026-1206
    #L     37 27 30 N / 122 10 20 W
    #U     quintus
    #R     Registered in US Domain
    #W     fernwood!geoff; May 11, 1988
    #
    fernwood    .fernwood.mpk.ca.us
    fernwood=   fernwood.mpk.ca.us
    fernwood    sri-unix(DEMAND)

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Jon Postel & Ann Westine                                   November 1987


                 US DOMAIN QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HOST ENTRY


To register a host in the US domain, the following information must be
sent to the US Domain Registrar (WESTINE@ISI.EDU).  Questions may be
sent by electronic mail to the above address, or by phone at (213-822-
1511).

NOTE: The key people must have electronic mailboxes and NIC "handles,"
unique NIC database identifiers.  If you have access to "WHOIS", please
check to see if you are registered and if so, make sure the information
is current.  Include only your handle and any changes (if any) that need
to be made in your entry.  If you do not have access to "WHOIS", please
provide all the information indicated.


(1)  The name of the top-level domain to join.

           For example:  US


(2)  The NIC handle of the administrative head of the organization.
     Alternately, the person's name, title, mailing address, phone
     number, organization, and network mailbox.  This is the contact
     point for administrative and policy questions about the domain.  In
     the case of a research project, this should be the principal
     investigator.

           For example:

              Administrator

                 Organization  The NetWorthy Corporation
                 Name          Penelope Q. Sassafrass
                 Title         President
                 Mail Address  The NetWorthy Corporation
                               4676 Andrews Way, Suite 100
                               Santa Clara, CA 94302-1212
                 Phone Number  (415) 123-4567
                 Net Mailbox   Sassafrass@ECHO.TNC.COM
                 NIC Handle    PQS


(3)  The NIC handle of the technical contact for the entry.
     Alternately, the person's name, title, mailing address, phone
     number, organization, and network mailbox.  This is the contact
     point for problems concerning the domain or zone, as well as for
     updating information about the domain or zone.

           For example:

              Technical Contact

                 Organization  The NetWorthy Corporation
                 Name          Ansel A. Aardvark
                 Title         Executive Director
                 Mail Address  The NetWorthy Corporation
                               4676 Andrews Way, Suite 100
                               Santa Clara, CA. 94302-1212
                 Phone Number  (415) 123-6789
                 Net Mailbox   Aardvark@ECHO.TNC.COM
                 NIC Handle    AAA2


(4)  The name of the host.  This is the name that will be used in tables
     and lists associating the domain with the domain server addresses.
     [While, from a technical standpoint, domain names can be quite long
     (programmers beware), shorter names are easier for people to cope
     with.]

           For example:  NetWorthy.Santa-Clara.CA.US


(5)  Please describe your organization briefly.

     For example: The NetWorthy Corporation is a consulting
     organization of people working with UNIX and the C language in an
     electronic networking environment.  It sponsors two technical
     conferences annually and distributes a bimonthly newsletter.


(6)  What RR records and values are to be entered.

     a.  A       Internet Address
     b.  HINFO   Host Information, Machine System
     c.  WKS     Well Known Services, Protocols, Ports
     d.  MX      Mail Exchanger

     For  example:

     NetWorthy.Santa-Clara.CA.US   IN   A       128.9.3.123
                                   IN   HINFO   SUN-3/11OC UNIX
                                   IN   MX      0   ISI.EDU
                                   IN   WKS     128.9.3.133. UDP (echo
                                                                  tftp)
                                   IN   WKS     128.9.3.133. TCP (telnet
                                                                  ftp
                                                                  tftp
                                                                  finger)

     Who is the contact for the zone of the IN-ADDR-ARPA data, where
     this record will be entered?


(7)  Where is the IN-ADDR pointer record to be entered.

        For example:

           123.3.9.128.IN-ADDR.ARPA.    PTR  NetWorthy.Santa-Clara.CA.US


(8)  What TTL

        For example:

           One Week   604800


(9)  CNAME Record if any.

     A nicname to official name entry

        For example:

           ANN.MDR.CA.US     CNAME     WESTINE.ISI.EDU

     NOTE:  In general CNAMES are undesirable, and usually only used
     temporarily when a host is changing from one official name to
     another.

     NOTE:  No other RRs are allowed for the name defined by a CNAME
     record.

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The US Domain name servers run on internet hosts venera.isi.edu & 
vaxa.isi.edu.  US Domain name service requests will be given NS records to 
these hosts by the root domain system.

Geoff Goodfellow
Member, .US Domain
Geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us
{ames,sun,decwrl,sri-unix}!fernwood!Geoff