Comment by larrys | Hacker News Reader

Comment by larrys | Hacker News Reader

"To host your own DNS servers the registrars require you to list two IP addresses "

Registrar here. This may be a requirement of some registrars but not a requirement of all registrars. And in any case you can fake this (see warning) by simply using the same IP address with a different host name or by using a different IP address with a made up IP address.

Warning: Obviously you should have two valid DNS servers no doubt. I am simply pointing out that there are work arounds to this especially if you are trying to get up and running and won't have the 2nd dns operational for a short period of time you can at least get started with DNS that should work (since it only takes one and assuming that one is working you will be serving up records.)

And there are some registrars that offer a secondary DNS free of additional charge just for this case.

As a registrar you should know this is actually a requirement of the registry and varies based on TLD policy. (maybe you meant you're a reseller?)

The registry has one requirement.

The registrar could have another one.

.com .net "require" only 1 nameserver (Verisign). PIR/Afilias require two (hence the need to fake or use a real one).

Please note also that my parent comment was with regards to the statement "the registrars require you to list two IP addresses" not why that may or may not have been required by the registry.

It's possible of course that even though .com .net only require one nameserver, a registrar might require two for some reason. It's also possible (but unlikely) that even though .org requires two the registrar could take care of this by putting in a dummy record if they wanted and only requiring one of the customer.

End users don't deal with the registry. They deal with the registrar.

We are an ICANN accredited registrar.

Some ccTLDs actually require 4 NS servers on different subnets.

I'll leave you to guess which one. :)

Mind if I ask which registrar? Just curious. My email address is in my profile.

I'd also like to know which reg..

Jay [at> jaytaylor dot com

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