Changing NS record

[G. Roderick Singleton]

Did you forget something?  Yes you forgot to stop spamming the list. 6
nessages in the space of 3 minutes is most unfriendly when you want
help.

On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 10:57 -0400, Bind Mailing List wrote:
> I forgot to tell you that we host 3000 domains so we'll have to follow these
> steps I think:
> - We'll have to change the NS records for all of the zones (3000) that we
> host (easy).
> - We'll have to ask ARIN to modify the DNS for all of our address ranges (a
> lot of work).
> - We'll have to ask every registrars (for all of our 3000 clients) to change
> the NS records (a lot of work too, oh my god).
> - We'll have to ask all of our clients that we are secondary DNS to change
> the NS record in their zones.
> 
> Did I forget somethings?
> Can I simplify some steps? By contacting icann.org or cira.ca? By any other
> methods?
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Andrews" <Mark_Andrews at isc.org>
> To: "Bind Mailing List" <bind_ml40 at telusquebec.net>
> Cc: <bind-users at isc.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Changing NS record
> 
> 
> >
> > > We are an ISP and would like to change one of our DNS (NS record). Our
> regist
> > > rar is networksolution.
> > > Do we have only to ask our registrar (networksolution) for the change?
> > > Do we have to do something else?
> > > Who feed the root servers for these changes?
> > > Do we have to call ICANN for this change?
> > > Do we have to call ARIN?
> > > Thanks a lot for your help!
> >
> > You change the NS RRset in the zone then inform the parent
> > of the changes.  Note you should not try to change all the
> > NS records at once.
> >
> > Depending apon the zone and where it is in the heirarchy you
> > will need to take to different people.  Assuming the zone is
> > immediately below a infrastucture zone.
> > * For a forward zone then you need to talk to the registrar for
> >   the zone (in your case networksolutions).
> > * For the reverse zone you need to talk to the RIR (in your case
> >   ARIN).
> >
> > If it is not immediately below a infrastucture zone then you should
> > be able to strip the lefthand label and query for the SOA record
> > using the resulting name.  This will normally return the parents
> > SOA record either in the answer section or in the authority section
> > when there is multiple levels in the parent zone.  Note some older
> > nameservers may not return the SOA in the later case so you strip
> > another label and repeat.
> >
> > Once you have the SOA record the second field should have the
> > email address of whom to contact at the parent.
> >
> > Mark
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, ISC
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
> >
> >
> >
> 
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G. Roderick Singleton <gerry at pathtech.org>
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