From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 23 06:42:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C98C01065672; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:42:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout028.mac.com (asmtpout028.mac.com [17.148.16.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D6C8FC1C; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:42:11 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from [17.151.125.132] by asmtp028.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KYA00DYA7X3Q700@asmtp028.mac.com>; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:41:36 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1002220306 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <4B834E4F.2000900@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:41:27 -0800 Message-id: <9530C81B-0640-47D0-915B-AD1B4F5FF3DE@mac.com> References: <4B82F976.8020308@yazzy.org> <02A33D5D-B57A-4276-A79F-C368A0407A33@mac.com> <4B834E4F.2000900@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: 'FreeBSD-ISP' , lists@yazzy.org Subject: Re: Registrars with free DynDNS services of my own domains. 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: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:42:11 -0000 On Feb 22, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Doug Barton wrote: >> All registrars do that. They can't register domains without being >> willing to point them somewhere, so they can either delegate to >> nameservers the customers specify or use their own nameservers. > > That's not actually true. There is no requirement that a domain name > registration have name servers associated with it, although what you > describe is by far the most common model. RFC 1591, section 3.3 & 3.5? > There are no requirements on subdomains of top-level domains > beyond the requirements on higher-level domains themselves. That > is, the requirements in this memo are applied recursively. In > particular, all subdomains shall be allowed to operate their own > domain name servers, providing in them whatever information the > subdomain manager sees fit (as long as it is true and correct). [ ... ] > There must be a primary and a secondary nameserver that have IP > connectivity to the Internet and can be easily checked for > operational status and database accuracy by the IR and the IANA. Regards, -- -Chuck