From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 25 11:44:43 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 E4E8C16A402 for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:44:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from martin@orbweavers.co.uk) Received: from mail.orbweavers.co.uk (213-152-38-100.dsl.eclipse.net.uk [213.152.38.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD6743D7C for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:44:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from martin@orbweavers.co.uk) Received: by mail.orbweavers.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 65534) id AB9901C08DE; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:44:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on svr1.orbweavers.co.uk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 Received: from www.orbweavers.co.uk (localhost.orbweavers.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mail.orbweavers.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F4C51C085C for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:44:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 217.37.3.201 (SquirrelMail authenticated user martin) by www.orbweavers.co.uk with HTTP; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:44:22 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1950.217.37.3.201.1145965462.squirrel@www.orbweavers.co.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:44:22 -0000 (UTC) From: martin@orbweavers.co.uk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: 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 11:44:44 -0000 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)? 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