[44141] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DNS Host Handles/Registrations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn Morris)
Wed Nov 7 16:10:52 2001
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:10:10 -0600
From: Shawn Morris <shawn@smorris.com>
To: measl@mfn.org
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Message-ID: <20011107151010.H21974@smorris.com>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0111071455580.6145-100000@greeves.mfn.org>; from measl@mfn.org on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 02:58:08PM -0600
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On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 02:58:08PM -0600, measl@mfn.org wrote:
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> On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Adam McKenna wrote:
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> > On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 02:17:02PM -0600, measl@mfn.org wrote:
> > > This link is what I was looking for. Thanks! I find it interesting that
> > > NSOL is the only one who has responsibility for this??? Shouldn't *all*
> > > registrars have this ability?
> >
> > They do.
>
> No, they do not. At least for the ones I use (register.com and SRS).
When I used register.com they would register a nameserver for you
but it cost $15 or $25 dollars. I am currently using dotster and
they will let you register nameservers for free in domains that
you have registered with them.
>
> > Don't change your info at NSOL if NSOL is not your registrar.
>
> It appears that the person who "believed" that NSOL was the central
> repository for this was correct. Changes are made at NSOL, and picked up
> by other resgistrars via whois.
>
> > --Adam
>
>
> --
> Yours,
> J.A. Terranson
> sysadmin@mfn.org
>
> If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
> should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
> Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
> unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
> the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and
> elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
> populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
> This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
> as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
>
> The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
> associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
> those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
> first place...
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