Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:00:34 -0400 From: Alden Louis-Pierre <alden.pierre@verizon.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DNS question in regards to /etc/resolv.conf Message-ID: <408D4E42.8030207@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <408D5D79.5080308@potentialtech.com> References: <408D43A7.6070207@verizon.net> <408D5D79.5080308@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran wrote: > Alden Louis-Pierre wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm in the process of registering with either www.godaddy.com or >> www.dyndns.org for a domain. > > > I've had good results from godaddy, can't say either way about dyndns. > >> Now when it's time to set up my >> /etc/resolv.conf, am I suppose to continue using the nameserver >> that's provided by my ISP or the people I registered my domain >> with will give me there IP address for there nameservers? I'm trying >> to learn how to build a web and email server. As always if someone >> knows a better register besides the 2 i listed please free to inform me. > > > This is not an easy question to answer. > > Will you need to host your own DNS _server_? If so, then the answer is > much more complicated. > > If not, you shouldn't change anything. Your DNS information will > propogate > through your ISP's DNS servers just like it does the rest of the > Internet. > > Actually, even if you _do_ set up your own DNS server, you can still use > your ISP's DNS servers. If you set up your DNS correctly, it will > propogate through your ISP's servers as well. It's just that if you > set up your own DNS server, you'll have the option to use it instead of > your ISP's. > Thank You, I'll continue using my ISP's nameservers. I'm reading Absolute BSD: The Ultimate Guide to FreeBSD by Michael Lucas, TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1-3 by W. Richard Stevens, and the FreeBSD HandBook to help me along the way. I just hope my head does not explode by the time i'm finish reading :-). Thank You Alden Louis-Pierre
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