From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 16 05:07:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA24619 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 May 1997 05:07:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from d2si.com (macbeth.d2si.com [206.8.31.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA24611 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 05:06:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from alec@localhost) by d2si.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA12355; Fri, 16 May 1997 07:05:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Alec Kloss Message-Id: <199705161205.HAA12355@d2si.com> Subject: Re: Internet Server In-Reply-To: <337D0F55.7F48@globalink.net.ph> from "dextran@legaspi.globalink.net.ph" at "May 16, 97 06:52:21 pm" To: dextran@legaspi.globalink.net.ph Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 07:05:49 -0500 (CDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk dextran@legaspi.globalink.net.ph is responsible for: > From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 06:22:58 1997 > From: dextran@legaspi.globalink.net.ph > Message-ID: <337D0F55.7F48@globalink.net.ph> > Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 18:52:21 -0700 > Reply-To: dextran@legaspi.globalink.net.ph > X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I; 16bit) > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Internet Server > Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Precedence: bulk > I've installed FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE and is now functioning. I've also > followed the instructions on Mini-DNS, my question is, is my FreeBSD > visible on the internet? or can other access my server on the internet? > > Hostname: ics.sti.edu > > Thanks for your immediate response. > Well, it looks to me like you haven't registered your top level domain. More or less, you need to tell the top level servers about your domain. That'll cost you (as I recall) about $100 for the first year and $50/year from then on. See http://rs.internic.net/rs-internic.html for more information.