Is godaddy wrong in disallowing using my domain as an NS server for itself?

[David Filion]

Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>> "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm at prime.gushi.org> wrote in message
>> news:fudprc$1kh9$1 at sf1.isc.org...
>>> I should note that my own servers (ns.gushi.org and ns2.gushi.org are
>>> authoritative for gushi.org, and I am through GoDaddy.
>>>
>>> Are you sure you've set up the proper host records?
> 
> On 19.04.08 21:03, D. Stussy wrote:
>> OK, but those are hostnames within your domain.  What the OP wanted to do
>> would be the equivalent of:
>>
>> example.com.    IN    NS    example.com.
>>                          IN    A      192.0.2.1        ;Also entered as glue
>> at the parent servers.
>>
>> ...And expect THAT to work.  For you that would be the same as declaring:
>>
>> gushi.org.    IN    NS    gushi.org.   ;etc.....
> 
> which imho could/should work even. However the explanation about requirement
> of registering nameserver in WHOIS service satisfied me (which does not mean
> it's true)
> 

FWIW, I've dealt with several registrars other than GoDaddy (all in North 
America) that required your NS be registered.  I'm not sure if this is in an 
RFC somewhere but it seems to be a common practise.