----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Reichert" <reich...@numachi.com>
> I posted this request in another forum, but didn't get as much info as > I'd hoped: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.operators.internet-access/5568/match=nameserver+registration > > To reprise in _this_ forum: > > I apologize for the noise; I hope this is an appropriate forum. > > I've been hosting DNS for years for several domains. Recently, I > have had to rename/renumber my primary servers, and need to update > various registrars of these changes. > > Most registrars seem fine with me just supplying the names of the > new nameservers; they chase the A records, and generate the glue > records, and off I go. > > One of these registrars (NetSol) introduces a topic I've never been > aware of before, this concept of 'name server registration'. > > Web searching shows me several hits along the lines of 'how to > register namesevers with registrar X', but I can't find a treatment > of: > > - Is this anything more than generating glue records? > > - Why is this explicit step neccessary for some registrars, but not > others? > > I'd appreciate any advice... Netsol has required this since I registered baylink.com, in 1994. I never could figure out what they were on about, and it caused me quite a bit of hassle at various points, but they did require it. Of course, if all of your new nameservers are *inside* your new domain, then you *have* to supply them both a name and an IP for them to get the glue right, AFAIK. But then, my name isn't Albitz, *or* Liu. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
