Is godaddy wrong in disallowing using my domain as an NS server for itself?

[Dan Mahoney, System Admin]

> No, they are not wrong.  You are.  Although it has become popular practice
> to assign an address to a domain name so that it can respond like a host,
> there really isn't any RFC that suggests the practice.  Host names exist
> within domains and name servers have host names.  (Name servers of this type
> are what "glue" records are about).  Now, I shall admit that what you're
> doing isn't exactly forbidden either, but it's not how things are done.

I should note that my own servers (ns.gushi.org and ns2.gushi.org are 
authoritative for gushi.org, and I am through GoDaddy.

Are you sure you've set up the proper host records?

-Dan

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-Cali, March 8, 2003 (3:43 AM)

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