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DNS Name Requirements

The following principles for Internet domain naming and for the allocation of addresses within the University’s public IP address space apply:

• The University has licensed the 3rd Level Domain (3LD) anu.edu.au which is registered with auDA under the Closed .edu.au 2nd Level Domain (2LD).
• The University has been allocated public IP address ranges by APNIC and adheres to APNIC policies and guidelines.
• The University allocates IP addresses to the University Community and to non-ANU Entities in conformance with APNIC principles of uniqueness, area aggregation, conservation and fairness.
• All servers supporting one or more services that are provided by members of the University Community as part of their official functions and as part of the business of the University must have domain names registered within the anu.edu.au domain for each service offered.
• Domain names within the anu.edu.au domain are to be registered with the University’s DNS name server either as a 5th Level Domain name (5LD) or, in some cases, a 4th Level Domain name (4LD) depending on the scope of services being offered.
• Budget Unit network connecting devices have domain names allocated at the 5LD in the general form “[hostname].[budget unit identifier].anu.edu.au”, where [budget unit identifier] can be College, Research School, Centre or Administration Division identifiers and, where applicable, use generally accepted Internet community conventions, such as “www.[ budget unit identifier].anu.edu.au” or “ftp.[ budget unit identifier].anu.edu.au”.
• Wherever possible, the auDA principle of “first come, first serve” allocation of domain names will be applied by the University’s Hostmaster within the anu.edu.au domain and other approved domain names.
• Approved domain names must conform to auDA’s naming rules for unacceptable names and must not contravene trademarks or copyrights.
• The University reserves the right to rescind and reuse domain names for new and more appropriate University purposes.
• 4LD domain names which are of the form “[hostname].anu.edu.au” are approved by the University subject to the following criteria:
  • services are general to the University or common to the University Community, eg “www.anu.edu.au”.
  • The proposed name is for a consortium of many different groups within the University.
  • The proposed name is the name of a service and not the name of a Budget Unit.
  • Existing 4LD’s which do not meet these criteria are grandfathered for the life of the particular service only.
• The University allows the use of domain names outside the anu.edu.au domain, subject to the following criteria:
  • The domain name must be registered with a domain registrar within the open 2LD at the 3rd Level which satisfies the auDA 2LD criteria ([hostname].com.au, [hostname].net.au or [hostname].org.au).
  • Any hosts supporting services that are provided by members of the University Community, but that are outside their official functions or outside the business of the University must use domain names outside the anu.edu.au domain, however, within the University’s allocated IP address ranges.
  • The proposed name is not likely to be confused with the name of a University Budget Unit.
  • The proposed name
    • signifies an organization or venture, commercial or non-commercial, that is not explicitly part of the University; or
    • is for a project with external funding which is obligated to show this identification for Internet access; or
    • is used by many people from many different organizations outside the University.
  • The University approves the use of the ANU’s ABN for the registration.
  • Individual members of the University community are not allocated University IP addresses for the purposes of registering domain names in the .id.au open domain (or in attempting to register in any other open 2LD).
  • Further registration in overseas domains, in particular, the .com domain are allowed where the naming is for commercially strategic use or for international recognition.
• All domain names requiring registration by auDA are to satisfy both auDA naming rules and the Use of the University Name and Insignia Policy.
• All host names and aliases are to conform to the auDA’s naming rules for unacceptable names and are not to contravene trademarks or copyrights.
• CNAME records for virtual domain naming of virtual hosts or the customised naming of URL’s on University or Budget Unit main servers must have alias names aligned to the naming hierarchy of the main server’s domain name.
• In some instances, the University may determine a need to register domains, including those in the .com top-level domain, 2LD, to protect the ANU brand to prevent cybersquatting.
• The University allows the sub-delegation of DNS services to Budget Units where workstation management at the 5LD requires local name servicing.
• Non-ANU Entities which are allocated University IP Addresses must register separate domain names outside the anu.edu.au domain.

The complete policy on Internet Domain Naming and IP Addressing

Please Note: The Director DoI reserves the right to deregister or refuse to register any name that is considered inappropriate or unsuitable.