public dns

[Steve Job]

> also, is setting up a public dns as simple as specifying your
> nameservers at the registrar and then setting up bind, how is the
> nameserver's name resolved, do i need to register the ip somewhere?

Yep... That's about it.  Although to properly use Bind is not always that
easy.

Your registrar should also allow you to register a nameserver.
(Solves the which came first... The chicken or the egg scenario.)

> for a domain's nameservers, do each have to be the same domain - like
> ns1.foo.com and ns2.foo.com? or can they be ns1.foo.com and
> ns1.bar.com?

You can call them anything you want.


-Steve

On 6 Dec 2002, Mooky Mooksgill wrote:

> 
> i want to host my own dns. i have several public ips.
> 
> for a domain's nameservers, do each have to be the same domain - like
> ns1.foo.com and ns2.foo.com? or can they be ns1.foo.com and
> ns1.bar.com?
> 
> also, is setting up a public dns as simple as specifying your
> nameservers at the registrar and then setting up bind, how is the
> nameserver's name resolved, do i need to register the ip somewhere?
> 
> thanks,
> starman7
>