Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:41:27 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: 'FreeBSD-ISP' <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>, lists@yazzy.org Subject: Re: Registrars with free DynDNS services of my own domains. Message-ID: <9530C81B-0640-47D0-915B-AD1B4F5FF3DE@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4B834E4F.2000900@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B82F976.8020308@yazzy.org> <02A33D5D-B57A-4276-A79F-C368A0407A33@mac.com> <4B834E4F.2000900@FreeBSD.org>
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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
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