From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 25 14:09:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E3116A400 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:09:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Danovitsch@vitsch.net) Received: from amsfep13-int.chello.nl (amsfep17-int.chello.nl [213.46.243.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B84143D5D for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:08:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Danovitsch@vitsch.net) Received: from Vitsch.net ([80.56.187.161]) by amsfep13-int.chello.nl (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with ESMTP id <20060425140853.QRDG24158.amsfep13-int.chello.nl@Vitsch.net>; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:08:53 +0200 Received: from [192.168.87.6] (j56043.upc-j.chello.nl [24.132.56.43]) by Vitsch.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id k3PE5um54454; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:05:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Danovitsch@vitsch.net) From: "Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN]" Organization: Vitsch Electronics To: martin@orbweavers.co.uk Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:08:32 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <1950.217.37.3.201.1145965462.squirrel@www.orbweavers.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1950.217.37.3.201.1145965462.squirrel@www.orbweavers.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604251608.32804.Danovitsch@vitsch.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Domain Registration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:09:01 -0000 Hi Martin, On Tuesday 25 April 2006 13:44, martin@orbweavers.co.uk wrote: > Hi All, > > I know this is off topic, but I can't think of a good place to ask this > where knowledgable people will answer, and this list usually has a high > tolerence of ot but technical questions (plus I will be using a FreeBSD > server, so it is not _entirely_ OT :) > > I'm looking to setup my server as a domain name server. I already have > it setup for internal use, but last time when I tried to have the > internet at large using it, I had real trouble explaining to my ISP > that I wanted my server as the main domain controller, the best they > could do was pointing www.domain to my server. They wern't even > able/willing to point the mx record directly to my server, it goes > through their relay first. > > It has done the job so far, and there is really no reason why I can't > manage with this, but I am getting a new domain and would like to get > it all sorted out the way I would like (my main justification for > hosting it myself is the flexibility to add on sub-domains and such, > but the real reason is that I am a control freak and like to tinker). > > I assume what should happen is > > - I buy a domain from registrar X > - X sets that domain to point to my dns server as the master server > - X hosts a secondary dns server > - I can then add subdomains to my domain which will directly > propagate on the internet, set the various MX and ilk to whatever I > want etc. without having to contact a 3rd party > > My further assumptions are > - The secondary server will either update from my server directly OR > I will need to contact X to add anything new for me. > > My questions are - > a) Are my assumptions correct? > b) What would be the best way to explain this to a phone drone? > c) Can anyone recommend a good registrar that will be able to set > this up with minimum fuss (and cost)? Have a look at http://Joker.com They let you specify your own nameservers if you want and they are cheap. I have registered the domain "Vitsch.net" at Joker.com and I run my own nameservers. Not sure if they offer secondary DNS services though. (I run 3 nameservers myself for the domain, so I've never needed it.) > d) Are there any good reasons not to do it this way (remember, this > is not a mission critical setup, and its main purpose is to tinker) > > Regards, > Martin McCann Grtz, Daan