Hi Jeff, why dont you create a personal DNS?
just create ns1.hisdomain.com ns2.hisdomain.com and map it to the IP's used for ns1.mydomain.com ns2.mydomain.com so it a personal DNS rather than a private DNS... cheers Joel -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2005 10:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: DNS Help? Basically, the reasoning is that you want to appear as if you are a "big" company with your own DNS even though your are buying/reselling hosting from another company. This is usually a big selling point for larger hosting providers and reseller packages. As far as the CNAME alias goes, that is an option, but is not the way other hosting providers seem to do it. I set it up this way originally, but if you go look at the domain in dnsreport.com or such tool, it shows that the ns1.hisdomain.com is an alias, not a true name server. For example, check out the difference between 'admentus.biz' and 'hyetechsystems.com'. The first domain is one of the clients domains that I have been working with and is setup with the CNAME alias as you mentioned. The second domain is a reseller account with a hosting provider where a custom name server has been setup. Thanks -- Jeff Chastain -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:13 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: DNS Help? > I have been running my own DNS server using Windows 2003 on a set of > dedicated servers I own. One of my clients would like to have their > own custom branded name server ... ns1.hisdomain.com instead of > ns1.mydomain.com. I have been searching the net all day without luck > trying to figure out how to do this. Why would anyone care what "brand" their nameserver has? That's the dumbest thing I've heard in a while. I'm not sure what part is problematic for you, exactly. You should be able to register the IP address for your nameserver to his domain, then just create a primary zone for his domain on your server. Within the primary domain, just create an alias for the nameserver itself that points ns1.hisdomain.com to ns1.mydomain.com. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:218918 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
