Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:52:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@schneiders.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Grant Cooper <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bind vs free dns providers Message-ID: <20020828194631.N19814-100000@voo.doo.net> In-Reply-To: <20020828081430.GC15742@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, at 09:14 [=GMT+0100], Matthew Seaman wrote: > 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. [...] > However, if you want to run a server that is authoritative for one or > more domains then the requirements are a bit more stringent. In order > to register a domain with one of the various registries around the net > you need to have at least two servers carrying your zone data Some registries for country code domains (which have the two-letter end, like .fr, .de, .us) do require this. To register a com/net/org domain you need _no_ nameservers. Of course you cannot use it then. > and > those should a) have fixed IP addresses and b) be hosted on distinct > networks The being hosted on different networks is a good idea. I am curious which Top Level Domain demands this. For com/net/org/info/biz/us and most other country codes it is not necessary. [...] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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