[PLUG] Using a new domain name

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, borodimer wrote:

> The first step is to get yourself a couple of valid name servers.

Phil,

  I'm working my way through the djbdns Web site, one page at a time. The
cache is up and running. Now for the server.

> I say valid because name servers for a domain, say example.com, must be
> registered with appropriate root name server.  This is called a glue
> record (http://www.dyndns.org/support/kb/gluerecords.html) and is done by
> your domain registrar.

  Funny about that. I just checked with betterwhois.com to see who is the
registrar for my business domain (I moved away from NSI the last time I
renewed the registration) and found a name that I do not recognize:
domaindiscover. They must have bought whomever I used; I no longer remember
who it was. Anyway, I digress

> As far as moving your current business domain name, there really is no reason
> you have to work with your ISP at all, except to cancel your service once you
> are done.

  Except then I have no IP address or route to the 'Net.

> Now, if you do work with them they may be kind enough to forward all
> of your email that gets sent to them during the dns crossover window (not the
> official term) to your new mail server.

  Mail server's located here.

  Back to my question:

  The cache and server should be on hosts with two different IP addresses,
even if they're on the same physical machine. The cache is for only internal
network use (192.168.55/24). Bernstein recommends putting the server on a
world visible IP address. My 'Net IP address is assigned to one NIC in the
firewall, but with masquerading is used by all hosts on the internal
network.

  Does this mean that I can install tinydns on the same physical box as
dnscache, but assign the world visible IP address in tinydns-conf? The way I
read the Web page the answer appears to be "yes", but I want to confirm this
before I do anything. Otherwise, I suppose I need to physically install
tinydns on the second workstation.

Thanks,

Rich

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