Nameserver Registration

[rwatson at OFDA.NET]

Well, back to my original question, can I register the same Nameserver
hostname to different IP addresses?

Actually, let me ask the question differently.  We want to renumber our
Master Nameserver.  Should I dual home the existing Nameserver and make the
switch at the registrar and update the zone at the same time.

Actually, I had wanted to upgrade the Bind and make the IP change at the
same time.

What is the best process for renumbering the master Nameserver, updating the
zone and updating the registrar?

Thanks
Randy


-----Original Message-----
From: Nate Campi [mailto:nate at campin.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:36 PM
To: bind-users at isc.org
Subject: Re: Nameserver Registration


On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 10:56:38AM -0600, Len Conrad wrote:
> >rwatson at OFDA.NET wrote:
> > >
> > > Will Verisign accept the registration of 2 nameserver hosts with same
> > > hostname with different IP addresses?
> >
> >         No, and neither will any other registrar. The system just
doesn't
> > work that way.
>
> There was a long thread in the ISP-DNS list last week, with 2 or 3 ISP's
> saying that the do register multiple NS hosts with same ip, at other
> registrars.
>
> Net-sol's "system" is in place, but apparently the registry doesn't
enforce
> the one-to-one exclusivity any more.

This is pretty close.

I was awarded a special contact at Verisign/NetSol after a tremendous
screwup on their part took down a site of ours that easily gets ten million
hits a day. Think A record on the gTLDs with a popular website hostname.

According to my inside source, the restrictions are there and enforced.
The problem is apparently with the multiple registrar system - it's easy
for new "host records" with an already used IP to slip through the cracks.
It seems that since so many already get through, and since the
restriction is due to be removed soon, that they don't worry about it
as much as they used to.

The problem is that Joe consumer can't easily do this, he'd likely have to
find a registrar besides Verisign that can slip it through.
--
Nate

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