<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi David,<br><br></div>Cloud DNS is not only possible, but desirable in many cases. A large anycasted provider can provide better latency and availability than most organizations.<br><br></div>
If you're looking for a hosted DNS solution, most will accept NOTIFY packets from a BIND instance. If you're just looking to run a nameserver hosted in EC2/Rackspace/etc., you can install whatever DNS server you like--you're managing the box yourself.<br>
<br></div><div>John<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Odimegwu David <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:odimegwudavid@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">odimegwudavid@yahoo.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div>Is it possible for one to configure BIND or any DNS implementation for the cloud?</div>
<div>I was forced to search for this forum because the exigences of my situation necessitates a cloud. But yet, in a cloud:</div><div>1. I cannot be systems administrator, even if, I don't know yet, if the company can give me administrator privileges. <br>
</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">2. The IP address of the machine will not possibly be my own because the machine will be shared by numerous subscribers to the cloud infrastructure. </div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">3. I know that like
all other users, i will be given set of user privileges that are restrictive. <br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">So, i am doubtful if my intentions are possible?<br>
</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">Although, the domain name and zone administration recourses to me.</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
With this constraints, is it possible for cloud DNS to be possible? I have this site in mind: <a href="http://polarhome.com" target="_blank">polarhome.com</a>, where i intend paying for server space. <br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
thanks</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">odimegwu david<br></div></font></span></div>
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