Re: [cobalt-users] DNS Opinion

["Kevin D" <kdlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Merely setting up the DNS service on your raq won't solve your problem. You
need 2 valid DNS entries when you register your domain name. The best
solution would be to pay the $25-50 per DNS / year. From the standpoint of
someone who has to pay for DNS on a Raq3i, I can tell you that this is
fairly competitive pricing. I don't think the $2 to $3 / month /site is
going to break the bank!

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Cathouse Central E-mail Facility" <thecathouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:51 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] DNS Opinion


> Long time reader, first time poster  so here goes.
>
> I'm trying to figure out the best solution for DNS for my needs.  I have a
> RaQ3i at a remote location where I lease racking services and
> bandwidth.  On the one machine I plan to host up to 200 sites and so I've
> got a deal with a registrar for bulk discounts on domain names.  I've
tried
> a few different approaches to DNS management with varying degrees of
> satisfaction/success, whichever I choose I want to commit to for at least
a
> year.  I'm trying to keep my overhead low so buying another machine to act
> as the DNS server is not feasible at this point.
>
> I'm curious to find what others in  similar situations are doing.  Neither
> the rackers nor the registrars seem to be able to handle DNS that don't
> point to their own machines.  I've looked at DNS management services but
> they charge around $25-50 per DNS per year.  I've also looked at The
Public
> DNS service (soa.granitecanyon.com) but there seems to be an ethical
> question about using this service for commercial sites.
>
> Is it worth setting up the DNS service on my RaQ considering the use it's
> going to get full of (small) web sites?  Any other solutions out there?
> Your feedback is important to me so any response no matter how depressing
> will be read and well considered.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Howard
>
>
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