RE: [cobalt-users] DNS (again!)

["First Hosting - sales" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the responses.

Can anyone recommend secondary nameservers - I would rather be
independent of any service provider.. As I currently only have the one
RaQ4, hosting it myself is not an option.

What do others do?

If anyone offers such a service, please respond off-list.

Thanks,

Ian
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Werby
> Sent: 05 December 2002 14:25
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] DNS (again!)
> 
> 
> "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <snip>
> > > firstdns.co.uk. IN      NS      ns0.firstdns.co.uk.
> > > firstdns.co.uk. IN      NS      ns1.firstdns.co.uk.
> </snip>
> > You need
> >   ns0.firstdns.co.uk. in  a  128.242.196.249
> >   ns1.firstdns.co.uk. in  a  128.242.196.249
> >
> > So make 'A' records for ns0 and ns1
> 
> Gerald is correct, but please setup secondary DNS on a 
> separate machine, ideally a machine at a separate physical 
> location.  Otherwise DNS for your domains will be prone to a 
> single point of failure.  Many ISPs provide secondary DNS for 
> free to clients and if automated zone transfers can be setup 
> between your name server and theirs it's nearly fully automated.
> 
> --
> Steve Werby
> President, Befriend Internet Services LLC http://www.befriend.com/
> 
> 
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