Re: [cobalt-users] dodgy nameservers

["alan@" <alan@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: aljuhani
> OK better to use a proper tld domain (.com, .net,.org etc).
octagono.uk.com
> is just a sub-domain operated by uk.com.  TLDs talks directly to
Internic's
> Root servers and therefore you are the only one who can change/alter DNS
info
> from your registar.  In the case of .uk.com there are sub-root servers
> reporting the DNS of anything.uk.com to the Internic's Root Servers.  So
> anything happens to uk.com servers will show negative results on your own
> domain.  To see how complex the DNS in graphics see the link below and
enter
> the domain octagono.uk.com to check:
>
> http://www.foobar.tm/dns/index.cgi
>
> I think centeral nic made this to allow people to register domains that
looks
> like country top level domains which is not.  Actually they are just
providing
> a DNS root server to reflect the domain (sub-domain) data to the Internic.
>
> They register almost all counteries:
>
> .uk.com (Centeral Nic)        .co.uk (UK real top level domain)
> .sa.com (Centeral Nic)        .com.sa (Saudi Arabia real top level
domain).
>
> ............etc
>
> So for your own server and dns you should use a TLD domain that you have a
> total control over.
>
> Al-Juhani

 Thanks for the input guys. I am getting the client to 'choose' a new .com
domain. I will still have to get webfusion to sort the ips out though I
think.
I don't like the way the uk domain system is handled anyway, far too 'jobs
for the boys' for my liking.
Thanks again

Alan