easier said than done. most if not all cable companies and dsl providers do
a poor job of assigning host names. for example bell atlantic assigns me
with the ip 138.89.13.*, my hostname is adsl-138-89-13-*.bellatlantic.net.
now that hostname is way too complicated to give to your friends. it is a
whole lot easier to get an additional hostname from one of the free domain
name services. i don't think there will be a problem with running bind on
your machine, unless your terms of agreement specifically prohibit it.
---- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: OT-need DNS hosting
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Steve wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> > > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Steve wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have cable access w/ a static IP address and would like to set up
a low
> > > > traffic web site on my linux box. I already registered a domain name
but need
> > > > DNS to point it to my box. Is there a way to do this w/o going
through the
> > > > cable company or do I need to hire an outside service?
> > >
> > > You can set up a DNS on your box (check the bind package), and/or use
a
> > > free service such as granitecanyon (http://soa.granitecanyon.com/).
> >
> > I am real new to this so forgive my ignorance but if I were to set up
DNS
> > on my server don't I need to point it to my ISP's Servers and don't they
> > need to give me permission to this?
> >
> > A little confused.....
> >
>
> With a static IP address, you can be your 'ISP', at least in the
> traditional sense. You need to setup bind on your machine to serve your
> domain and update the nameserver records with network solutions (or
> whoever you registered with). Check the DNS-HOWTO.
>
> Warning: From what I have heard, many companies offering cable modem
> access specifically state you are not allowed to run server-type services,
> meaning DNS and web sites among others. You might want to check with the
> cable company before setting this up. I have heard some people who have
> setup server services and waited for the cable company to notice; some
> did, some didn't. YMMV
>
>
>
> Bill Carlson
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