Changing ip addresses for NS records

Bind Mailing List bind_ml40 at telusquebec.net
Wed Jun 1 18:48:17 UTC 2005


Sorry but what do you mean by this:
> If
> however the OP has allowed his clients to use names within the
> client zones for the nameservers then he (or maybe his clients)
> will need to contact the registars for each of the client zones.
Thanks a lot!

>
> > I did the same thing a few months ago. All you have to do is to notify
> > the registrar of the domain that the nameservers belong to, and of
> > course modify the nameserver addresses in BIND. If your nameservers
> > are
> >
> > ns1.foobar.com
> > ns2.foobar.com
> > ns3.foobar.com=20
> >
> > all you would need to do is go to your registrars website, modify the
> > IP addresses of the nameservers for foobar.com (name stays the same),
> > and modify the entries in the foobar.com zone on your master.
> >
> > The SOA shouldn't be effected at all. The name of the box is staying
> > the same, ns1.foobar.com is still ns1.foobar.com, so the SOA will be
> > fine.
>
> When you change the zone content you change the SOA record.
>
> In theory this should just be changing the three host entries
> in the whois which will then propogate down as changes to the
> glue address records in the parent zone.
>
> None of the client domains should need to be touched assuming
> that the client domains all use the same nameserver names.  If
> however the OP has allowed his clients to use names within the
> client zones for the nameservers then he (or maybe his clients)
> will need to contact the registars for each of the client zones.
>
> Mark
>
> > The only thing you should do (if possible) is to have the servers
> > answer queries at both the new and old IP addresses for some time,
> > that way if the registrar checks, you answer from the new address.
> >
> > Peace,
> > Jim
> > =20
> >
> > On 5/31/05, Bind Mailing List <bind_ml40 at telusquebec.net> wrote:
> > > We are an internet provider and we have 3 DNS that have authority for
mor=
> > e than 2500 domains. We would like to change the 3 ip addresses of these
DN=
> > S but we want to keep their names. We know that the registrars have
records=
> >  of their names.
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Do they have records of their ip addresses too (for these NS records)?
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > What do we have to do before changing theirs addresses?
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Which steps do we have to follow to avoid any problems?
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Do you know if the registrars can change these adresses for all of our
do=
> > mains (soa) automatically?
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > What could arrive with the root servers?
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > The registrars are icann.org, cira.ca ...
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Thanks a lot for your help!
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >
> >
> >
> --
> Mark Andrews, ISC
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
>
>
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