Re: DNS "A Name" Records for Third Party Providers

[Willis Marti <wmarti () TAMU EDU>]

> We recently had a request for an "A name" record by a third party
> provider that is looking for a "seamless" user experience.  We're a
> little hesitant to give an ohio.edu name to an external party, and
> wanted to find out about other user's experience.  Any caveats, lessons
> learned, or experiences that we should watch out for?  Thanks!

We will not do it unless there's a solid contract with the University
essentially making them play by all the rules we follow. I do not do it
if there's personal data collected. We've done it when the site is "read
only".

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Cheers,
 Willis Marti
 Director & CISO
 Networking and Information Security
 Texas A&M University