From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 21 23:16:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEC5916A504 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 23:16:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A8C143D45 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 23:16:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 7204 invoked by uid 399); 21 May 2006 23:16:20 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.3?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 21 May 2006 23:16:20 -0000 Message-ID: <4470F4BE.7030702@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 16:16:14 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Troy Settle References: <446D157A.4070308@greenmeadow.ca> <446E6EE9.3060406@greenmeadow.ca> <44709D4E.4060901@psknet.com> In-Reply-To: <44709D4E.4060901@psknet.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, Duane Whitty Subject: Re: [OT] Domain Name Registrars X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 23:16:27 -0000 Troy Settle wrote: > Here's the thing for name servers (at least as far as I understand > it)... With all due respect, the problem with postings like this is that it actually slows down the process of people finding out the truth for themselves by perpetuating misinformation. It's far better to either do the research and post accurate information, or avoid posting. > the glue records must exist in the root servers for each registry. A) The only "root servers" are those that serve the root zone. What you're referring to are Top Level Domain (TLD) name servers. B) Policies on whether name server IP records are necessary for domain registration vary by registry. There is no hard and fast rule. C) "Glue" is a DNS term of art that refers specifically to IP addresses for servers whose hostnames are IN the zone they serve. For example, if you have the following NS records: example.org. NS ns1.example.org. example.org. NS ns2.example.org. Then glue records are _required_ in the ORG TLD name servers. Otherwise there is no way for anyone to reach your servers. However, for those situations where the name server hostnames are all out of zone, it's generally better to avoid putting IP address records for those hostnames in the parent zone (regardless of what level we're talking about here) because it makes the administration of the zones/domains much more difficult. > If your name servers are under the .ca TLD, and you're > registering a .com domain, then the .com registry must have the glue > records for your .ca name servers. That's actually exactly the opposite of the truth. If the name servers for your COM name are in CA, then the IP addresses can be resolved the normal way (recursively). > As an OpenSRS reseller, eek, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection