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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

I have added a new set of entries under the opennic.glue zone which may
be of use.  I have added CNAME pointers for each TLD, pointing back to
their respective master server.  For instance:

# dig +short oss.opennic.glue A
# dig +short oss.opennic.glue AAAA
# dig +short oss.opennic.glue TXT

will give your the A or AAAA records for the TLD.  The TXT query will
give you contact information for the TLD.

Another advantage to this change, which I will need your help to
implement, is that from a web browser users would be able to
alternatively use TLD.opennic.glue (as opposed to opennic.TLD or
www.TLD) to reach the homepage for that zone.  To allow the alias under
apache2, I first modified my 'sites-available' file for opennic.oss, and
added a ServerAlias line for oss.opennic.glue.  Then add a link to the
file under 'sites-enabled' and reload apache.

Checking through the pages, this is what users will reach currently...

bbs      "It works!" apache page
dyn      "It works!" apache page
free     "It works!" apache page
fur      cannot connect to server
geek     "It works!" apache page
gopher   "Temporarily offline" server page
indy     "It works!" apache page
ing      OK - .ing homepage
micro    OK - .microhomepage
neo      server index page
null     "It works!" apache page
oss      OK - .osshomepage
oz       Redirect page
parody   OK - .parodyhomepage
pirate   TUEBL homepage