Re: [cobalt-users] IP vs Name Based Hosting

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Balazs Nagy wrote:
> > > I've been watching the discussions recently regarding IP and IPless
hosting.
> > > While I think name based hosting is nice, I don't like the idea that I
> > > cannot access my sites by their IPs if something happens to my DNS
records.
> > > Plus it give our clients immediate access to their sites even if the DNS
> > > records haven't propagated yet.
> >
> > You actually dont need that on a Cobalt: If you give your client the IP
under
> > which the site is hosted, the http://.../siteamin will put them to the right
> > spot to start setting up the site, as well as ftp, telnet, ssh and so on. 3h
> > later the DNS should have anyway propagated.
>
Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> Don't want to burst any bubbles here, but DNS propogation is a
> non-issue.  As soon as you enter the records and restart your nameserver
> (that's what happens when you press the button <smile>), your new domain
> becomes available everywhere on the Internet.  Propogation is only an
> issue with changes to old domains.
> Jeff

Caveat, if you are not the name server (using an external name server host),
then you have to wait for your name server host to restart his/her name server!