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Date:      Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:53:25 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
Cc:        "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>, Dave Rossow <dave@dreksys.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Verisign dns trick
Message-ID:  <3DAFAFE5.6B558470@pantherdragon.org>
References:  <20021017150438.I88254-100000@carver.gumbysoft.com>

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Doug White wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
> 
> > I've got most everything with www.dotster.com....
> >
> > <casual observation>
> > Better? I dunno....works pretty well, 'cept
> > their 'update nameservers' script refuses
> > to acknowledge the existence of any DNS
> > machine you haven't explicity registered with
> > their site...and it sometimes takes a while for
> > the site to determine that the NS you entered
> > can be added to their database
> > </casual observation>
> 
> This is true with all registrars -- its a bit of the ugly underbelly
> behind how data gets from the registrars to the live DNS servers.  On the
> plus side, once the registration is in there you can change the IPs for
> the host entry and not have to update every single domain entry using that
> host.
> 
> Of course, if you use a non-verisign aligned registrar, host adds and
> domain updates usually happen instantaneously so the registration burden
> is much less :)

Can you name a few?  Looking for a registrar that allows one to have
multiple domains with differing registrant information in the same
account, has a reasonable update time, and isn't a Verisign puppet has
proven difficult.

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