Re: What does one call name server registration?

2009-07-16 Thread Derek Ragona
At 04:52 AM 7/15/2009, Michael David Crawford wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem making myself clear to my domain name registrar's tech support. I have set up djbdns on a couple of my own servers, and want them registered AS name servers with whoever handles such registration. Most

What does one call name server registration?

2009-07-15 Thread Michael David Crawford
Hi, I'm having a problem making myself clear to my domain name registrar's tech support. I have set up djbdns on a couple of my own servers, and want them registered AS name servers with whoever handles such registration. Most registrars allow one to just enter their hostnames and IPs and

Re: What does one call name server registration?

2009-07-15 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi Mike, What I have are two pairs in the following format: 1.2.3.4 a.ns.example.com 5.6.7.8 b.ns.example.com I think that what you are looking for is what is called NS reccord for the domain ns.example.com Good luck, Olivier ___

Re: What does one call name server registration?

2009-07-15 Thread Valentin Bud
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Michael David Crawford m...@prgmr.comwrote: Hi, I'm having a problem making myself clear to my domain name registrar's tech support. I have set up djbdns on a couple of my own servers, and want them registered AS name servers with whoever handles such

Re: What does one call name server registration?

2009-07-15 Thread Michael David Crawford
Valentin and Olivier, Thank you very much for your kind help. I think what I needed were *both* NS and GLUE records. The NS record establishes a host as a nameserver, and the GLUE record allows the name server's own domain name to be within the domain it is the name server for - that is,

Re: What does one call name server registration?

2009-07-15 Thread Jon Radel
Michael David Crawford wrote: Valentin and Olivier, Thank you very much for your kind help. I think what I needed were *both* NS and GLUE records. The NS record establishes a host as a nameserver, and the GLUE record allows the name server's own domain name to be within the domain it is

Re: What does one call name server registration?

2009-07-15 Thread Al Plant
Michael David Crawford wrote: Hi, I'm having a problem making myself clear to my domain name registrar's tech support. I have set up djbdns on a couple of my own servers, and want them registered AS name servers with whoever handles such registration. Most registrars allow one to just