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From: "Brian Reichert" <reichert@numachi.com>
I posted this request in another forum, but didn't get as much info as I'd hoped:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.operators.internet-access/5568/match=name...
To reprise in _this_ forum:
I apologize for the noise; I hope this is an appropriate forum.
I've been hosting DNS for years for several domains. Recently, I have had to rename/renumber my primary servers, and need to update various registrars of these changes.
Most registrars seem fine with me just supplying the names of the new nameservers; they chase the A records, and generate the glue records, and off I go.
One of these registrars (NetSol) introduces a topic I've never been aware of before, this concept of 'name server registration'.
Web searching shows me several hits along the lines of 'how to register namesevers with registrar X', but I can't find a treatment of:
- Is this anything more than generating glue records?
- Why is this explicit step neccessary for some registrars, but not others?
I'd appreciate any advice...
Netsol has required this since I registered baylink.com, in 1994. I never could figure out what they were on about, and it caused me quite a bit of hassle at various points, but they did require it. Of course, if all of your new nameservers are *inside* your new domain, then you *have* to supply them both a name and an IP for them to get the glue right, AFAIK. But then, my name isn't Albitz, *or* Liu. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274