Re: [cobalt-users] Bypass server DNS

[Dennis <dkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All you have to do is point the Address (A) Records to the IP address
that is provided by the other host. There is no difference if you point
it to an IP address that it on your server or another.

Cobalt wrote:
> 
> > > Can I assign the customers domain with my nameservers and then
> > > setup the DNS
> > > on my RAQ3 to point to the other providers IP address?  Will this
> > > translate
> > > correctly and effectively hide the other service provider??
> > >
> > > Just trying to think outside the box a little...
> > >
> >
> > Not sure what you're trying to provide. Maybe you can be a little more
> clear
> > in the question.
> 
> Sorry I think I am confusing people.  Here is the situation:
> 
> I have a RAQ3 server that I control the DNS for.  I have nameservers
> registered with my domain.  There are features that I can not provide yet -
> such as shopping cart, pgp encrypted form processing, etc - I have found
> another company that I can get virtual sites at a good price, provide these
> features and still make some profit.  I don't want the customer to know that
> I am outsourcing their site....so I would like the nameservers on my
> customers domain to be pointed to my RAQ3 for DNS.  They would then
> see/believe that their site is on my server.  I would then setup the DNS to
> point the site location back to the IP address of the outsourced site
> company.
> 
> It's really just a way I was thinking of being able to provide services that
> I can't afford or have not implemented yet without the customer knowing what
> is going on.
> 
> Most of my customers would not know the difference, because they are fairly
> *web ignorant*.  But I have lost several half way savy customers to my
> previous reseller becuase they looked up the nameservers and went direct.
> 
> Scott
> 
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