[techtalk] Registering DNS servers

[Kath]

> Clear as mud? Good...

lol.

So true about DNS.

It seems confusing at first, but eventually it just clicks in your mind.

- Kath

----- Original Message -----
From: <jenn at simegen.com>
To: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] Registering DNS servers


> Mary Gardiner wrote:
>
>
> > I thought that there were actually two more or less independent
procedures.
> >
> > 1) Registering a domain name, which can be done through endless
registrars.
> >
> > 2) Registering a DNS server, which must be done though Network
Solutions.
> >
> > So can you only run a DNS server if you registered through network
solutions, or
> > is there something I'm missing?
>
> If you're in the domains (.com at least, I believe others) which
> Network Solutions administers, then whatever other registration
> company you use, you're REALLY going through Network Solutions.
> The other company just handles it for you. (for a fee)
>
> If you're in other domains (.com.au, for instance) you deal with
> whoever administers THAT domain, both for registration and for
> registering your nameserver. In the .com.au case, I believe it's
> AUNIC .. or maybe Melbourne IT. :/
>
> Clear as mud? Good...
>
>
>
>
> Jenn V.
> (Actually, I hope that that has clarified things a little)
> --
>      "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture
>              you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
>
> jenn at simegen.com     Jenn Vesperman     http://www.simegen.com/~jenn/
>
>
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