simplest way to get a domain online

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 06:50:26PM -0700, Jun Yang wrote:
> What's the simplest way to get a domain online?  Suppose
> I want to set up x.com (1.2.3.4).  Can I do this?
> 
> 1. In Network Solutions, set up primary name server to
>    be ns.x.com (1.2.3.4) and secondary to be ns2.x.com
>    (1.2.3.4).
> 2. Run named on 1.2.3.4 to serve www.x.com, mail.x.com, etc.
> 
> Will this work?

In the sense that it bypasses the reasonable precaution to have more
than one name server for the domain ... yes, it works.  ;-(

> If the IP changes to 9.8.7.6, all I need to do is change
> host ns.x.com and ns2.x.com's IP to 9.8.7.6.  Right?

Expect unreasonable delays.

> Why does Network Solutions require the host name for
> name servers anyway?  Is the IP not sufficient?

Because NS records require names, not IP addresses.

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