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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:31:46 +0200
From:      Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DNS question... becoming authoritative...
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20010820102710.04098518@mail.Go2France.com>
In-Reply-To: <OE19SJjzdgJI7fG7rIg0000131f@hotmail.com>

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>Basically, now I have my NS entries pointed to my ISP provided hostname. My
>question is, when I become authoritative

This mean the parent NSīs for your zone will have your NS in their 
delegation records.

>, is all I need to do is change my
>ISP provided hostname to my own hostname?

Hardly. You must register your  hostname and ip (which will become the 
delegation record(s) and "glue" in the parent zone) with your registrar.


>  (Providing that I have correctly
>setup the reverse DNS entries) Or are there any other things I need to do?

see my page: http://bind8nt.meiway.com/publicDNS.cfm

>Any suggestions would be appreciated. This will be the first time I have ran
>a nameserver that is authoritative over itself.

Have fun, DNS is some of the coolest stuff on Internet.  Get the DNS & BIND 
book, 4th edition, by O'Reilly.

Len


http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training
http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K
http://IMGate.MEIway.com  : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways


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