Re: DNS records question

[Alan Amesbury <amesbury () OITSEC UMN EDU>]

Flagg, Martin D. wrote:

> Does anyone know if it is illegal to register a DNS name that points to
> one of the address's owned by the College?
>
> I have a student who registered a DNS name and set it to point to his
> own server inside of our campus.  It is against our Acceptable Use
> Policy, but is it legal?

No, I'm not a lawyer, so this isn't legal advice.  However, I know of no
reason why setting one's own DNS to point at another address is against
the law.  It's quite common.

Out of curiousity, is this causing you some sort of problem?


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Alan Amesbury
University of Minnesota