[cobalt-users] Primary, secondary, auto-update, thank you

[Patrick <rockdog@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>eg:    foo.com is a zone, it's also a domain name
>   www.foo.com is a domain name in the zone 'foo.com'
>   www.bar.com is a domain name, but it's NOT in zone foo, it's in zone
>               bar.com

Do understand now... and thanks for the really informative post... 

>Don't confuse 'zone' with 'domain name' , When a primary gives info to a
>secondary it's giving it a zone. the zone includes the domain name the
>zone is named for, and all sub-domains in it, so no, you don't need to
>tell them anything as long as you are adding a name that has the same
>'ending' as your zone

This really makes me feel a lot better :)

>'A' - convert name into IP address
>PTR - convert IP address into name

Gee.

>Correct, the ability to update zones from your master to their secondary
>only requires that you grant access, and they allow accesss, and they have
>a list of zones that are being handled

>If it's in whois, it's not a subdomain, it's a top level domain, therefore
>it needs a zone...and you have to tell your isp ;P

Clarity - on every issue.

>> domain change to the nameserver authorities without seeing the secondary
>> update... and it still reflects the legacy dns... so will give an error...
>
>If it doesn't resolve, it's broken anyway, does it matter?

The domain doesn't resolve - but it is still 'owned' by somebody else...
and if the secondary is not setup correctly on my end then my domain update
doesn't stick... and I get put in the 'bad server queue' until I can sort
things out (not a good place to be - especially over Christmas! - past,
last time!)

>ps: You really ought to get a copy of the bind book , this stuff is more
>confusing than it looks sometimes :)

Would like to get the Cricket Book - and a few others - know I need them.

Cheers Flash22 (the sun is definitely shining)

- Patrick.
PS. Never sure if gsh is your sig - or some acronym I don't know :P