Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:52:31 -0700 From: Michael David Crawford <mdc@prgmr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: What does one call name server registration? Message-ID: <4A5DA6DF.4050107@prgmr.com>
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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
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