Re: [cobalt-users] Virtual Name Server

["jwk at Zone Alpha" <jwk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Virtual Name Server


> This is why I always use the two NS records as being part of the same
zone.
> If he's joe.com, I have:
>
> joe.com.       IN   NS   ns1.joe.com.
> joe.com.       IN   NS   ns2.joe.com.
> ns1.joe.com.   IN   A    111.111.111.111
> ns2.joe.com.   IN   A    222.222.222.222
>
> where 111.111.111.111 and 222.222.222.222 are the nameserver addresses I
> use for *every* domain. In this case it's easy as pie to change the two IP
> addresses registered as nameservers to my machines, then just make sure I
> have A records in that zone that say this machine has that name.
>
> Make sense? Again, I can help you on how to do things right but I refuse
to
> predict how NSI will want to do them.

Rodolfo,

What you say here makes a lot of sense.  Very clear logic.  But this is
*not* what NSI allows.  Once they have 111.111.111.111 and 222.222.222.222
in their database, they refuse to register additional name server host on
these IP addresses.  I thought there must be some good reason why we cannot
have more than one name server hosts pointing at the same IP.

James