Re: [PLUG] [Solved] eMail Delivery/Domain Name Problem

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

> Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 12:55:35 -0500
> From: Casey Bralla<MailList@nerdworld.org>

[...]

> Second BTW, I had resisted using the lower cost "Go Daddy" registrar because I
> thought they weren't too serious.  But with this problem with Register.com
> (which they were completely unable to even understand), maybe I need to re-
> examine how good Register.com is at providing DNS services.

Check out xname.org, which does DNS hosting (primary and/or secondary) 
for free.  I've been using them for years and have been happy.

It's free, so there is little to no support, but once you get the config 
right it mostly Just Works.  I use them for my secondary name servers 
and run my own SOA on Lenny's BIND9.

Their site is a bit disjointed and there is conflicting advice on their 
update and FAQ pages, and it can be non-trivial to get it working if you 
are not familiar with BIND.  (I mentioned "free," right?)

At a high level, all you do is set your BIND (or whatever) server and 
firewall to "allow-transfer" and your zone to use them.  Then you tell 
your registrar about all the servers.  Also make sure your SOA is your 
server, which makes it clear that others are secondaries.

For my Debian Lenny BIND9 config I have:

db.your_zone
[...]
	@               IN      NS      ns1.xname.org.
	@               IN      NS      ns2.xname.org.
[...]


named.conf.options
[...]
        allow-transfer {
                # xname.org (https://www.xname.org/faq.php#item4)
                195.234.42.0/24;
                193.218.105.144/28;
                87.98.164.164;
                88.191.64.64;
                92.243.14.172;
        };
[...]


If you aren't using BIND, I'm not sure, though I suspect the config will 
be similar, if perhaps more straightforward.  ;-)


All that stuff I just said sounds kinda scary, but it's really not any 
different than figuring out and running BIND yourself.

Later,
JP
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