How Does DNS Work (Is That Vague Enough?)

[Mathias Körber]

The parent zone (in your case .com) will need to be told the IP address
of dns.someplace.com at the point of registration, which they will =
publish
as an 'glue' A record along with the delegation NS records.

It may be that if your registrar (DotSter?) supplies the nameserver, =
they
provide that IP address automatically. If they allow you to name your =
own
nameserver, you will have to tell them so that in can get included in =
the
parent zone as GLUE.

regards

> -----Original Message-----
> From: news at FUSNWR02-LRS.fusion.bt.com
> [mailto:news at FUSNWR02-LRS.fusion.bt.com]On Behalf Of Leif Kremkow
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 23:25
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> Subject: How Does DNS Work (Is That Vague Enough?)
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> What I'm after is the following:
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> When I register my domain name (let's say someplace.com) at some =
authority
> (DotSter for sake of argument), and enter all the details, the Domain =
Name
> Server for that domain name is also supplied.
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> Let's say it's dns.someplace.com.
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> OK, so somebody wants to get to www.someplace.com... they are=20
> told by one of
> the root servers (who does the com.) that the Domain Name Server for =
that
> sub-domain is dns.someplace.com...
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> Argh - but now how do I talk to dns.someplace.com: I haven't got=20
> it's IP...
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> I've got the IP for my local DNS as it was supplied when I set up my
> system... just like any other bod who uses the net=20
> (generalization, I know).
> The root name servers are know as they are all listed in a file with =
their
> IP's - but my fancy dns.someplace.com isn't associated anywhere with =
an IP
> beyond it's own authority... but I can't talk to it to find it's=20
> IP until I
> have it's IP...
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> What wrong with this picture?
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> Thanks for your help,,
> Leif
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> Disclaimer: a) Yes, I looked in the FAQ of comp.protocols.dns.bind; b) =
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> you think this post is too far off topic, tell me where else to post =
it,
> instead of flaming me and wasting everybody's time.
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