Provider and DNS

[Eivind Olsen]

--On 26. juli 2005 11:42 -0700 hakim <hakim.st at web.de> wrote:
> 1. Change whois database and who does it?
> 2. Change the primary nameserver of the domain
> 3. Change secondary nameserver to a secondary of  the provider
>
> I think the DNS Server of my TLD needs to know the name and the
> IP-Address of my server. Is that correct?

You're correct, the nameservers for your TLD needs to know the 
names/IP-addresses of your servers. Not just your master nameserver but 
also the slaves. You should preferrably have nameservers at different 
locations. I always like to have nameservers at other ISPs than the one my 
own nameserver uses.
How you change this depends on which TLD you're talking about, but normally 
you can either change it yourself directly, or you should let the service 
provider you bought the domain name through do the work. Without knowing 
which TLD we're talking about, I can't be more specific.

Anyway, you need to decide which nameservers should be hosting your domain 
and get the delegation changed accordingly. This will normally have the 
added effect of updating the WHOIS-database. Before you get the delegation 
changed, your new nameservers (master + slaves) should be configured to 
serve your domain.

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Regards / Hilsen
Eivind Olsen
<eivind at aminor.no>