From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 28 13:15:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A680137B400 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:15:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBEAF43E77 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:15:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7SK9sve068467; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:09:54 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7SK9s6c068466; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:09:54 +1200 (NZST) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 08:09:54 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Grant Cooper Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bind vs free dns providers Message-ID: <20020828200954.GA68386@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <002501c24e60$b8ba28b0$2afececd@TCOOPER> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002501c24e60$b8ba28b0$2afececd@TCOOPER> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 01:01:24AM -0600, Grant Cooper wrote: > I've been reading on dns packages specifically Bind from ports. I am > currently using zoneedit to point to me but I would like to do this myself. > I only have 1 IP and I was told by my provider I HAVE to have 2. For redundancy purposes, you're required to have at least 2 DNS servers holding resource records for your domain on the 'Net. Most ISPs will provide this service for you, but there should be a couple of free ones out there as well. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door" - W.E. Channing To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message