EMU.ID.AU Policy Details

DNS records apply to entire hosts. Registration in the emu.id.au domain is intended for people administering their OWN PERSONAL UNIX (or similar) systems being fed from some service provider, to provide such systems with a domainname that is independent of any particular service provider. It is NOT a mail alias service for individual users.

There are basically three types of DNS records supported:

• an A (address record) is used to associate a name with a fixed IP address, which implies you have a system (semi)-permanently connected to the Internet, with a fixed IP address allocated to it;
• an MX (mail exchange record) which names the Internet connected system which handles mail for your system (or may be your system). If its another system, handling and forwarding mail to you, then the mail configuration on that system will need to be modified to understand the address you are requesting from us, in order to forward mail on to your system.
• NS (nameserver) records which specifies systems providing DNS resolution for a sub-domain of emu.id.au. nb. NS records will only be provided if you have sufficient names to justify it, and you satisfy the standard guidelines for DNS server provision (primarily the provision of at least two, independent full-time servers capable of resolving requests).

As a quick check on whether a name in the emu.id.au domain is appropriate for you, the answers to the following should all be yes:

1. Do you run your OWN PERSONAL Unix (or other network aware, mail handling at least) system?
2. Does it have a (possibly semi) permanent connection to its service provider using uucp or slip or ppp (not just a dialup terminal connection)?
3. If slip or ppp connected, do you have a fixed, permanent IP number?
4. Is your service provider configured to forward ALL mail to ANY user at the requested domain name to this system?
5. Are you located in the ACT or SE NSW region in Australia?

If you do not satisfy the above guidelines, some of the other id.au domains have slightly different policy guidelines, and may be more appropriate to your requirements.