Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:24:50 -1000 From: Al Plant <noc@hdk5.net> To: Michael David Crawford <mdc@prgmr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What does one call name server registration? Message-ID: <4A5E2D02.80207@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <4A5DA6DF.4050107@prgmr.com> References: <4A5DA6DF.4050107@prgmr.com>
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Michael David Crawford wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having a problem making myself clear to my domain name registrar's > tech support. > > I have set up djbdns on a couple of my own servers, and want them > registered AS name servers with whoever handles such registration. > > Most registrars allow one to just enter their hostnames and IPs and they > take care of it automagically. > > But my once-beloved registrar HJ Linnen just outsourced all their > registration services to NameScout, and they haven't got a clue. > > When I looked into it in my account page at NameScout, they said to > email tech support, so I did. > > And tech support replied with the end-user instructions for assigning > name servers to the domains one has registered with them. That's not > what I want. > > What I have are two pairs in the following format: > > 1.2.3.4 a.ns.example.com > 5.6.7.8 b.ns.example.com > > I would like a domain to be able to set its name servers to be > a.ns.example.com and b.ns.example.com, and then when that domain is > resolved the lookup is delegated to either 1.2.3.4 or 5.6.7.8. > > What is the process called, of registering such name servers? If I can > tell NameScout support to do that for me, possibly they can get > themselves a clue on my behalf. > > Thanks! > > Mike ############### Aloha, You can use Dotster to register any server right from the web-interface. No people no nothing to deal with. Doesn't your registrar have that service? -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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