Search Again: Re: DNS Server Hostnames From: Men & Mice Support Date: Friday, June 1, 2001 Time: 10:13:58 am You are essentially correct. The domain name system has no problem with multiple names for any given host, but the registrars impose a one-name-per-host limit on domain name servers. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy! At 10:09 AM -0700 6/1/01, John May wrote: >I think I already know the answer to this one, but I wanted to >double-check to be sure: > >We've got a client that is interested in reselling their service, >and would like to have the associated hostnames for various services >to be customized to their company. With services such as FTP, mail, >etc. this is easy - simply assign A records within their domain for >their ftp.theirhostname.com, mail.theirhostname.com, etc. addresses. > >However, I believe nameservers are a different issue. AFAIK, each >nameserver can only have one hostname. This means that they would >be forced to use our ns1.pointinspace.com and ns2.pointinspace.com >hostnames unless we set up completely separate DNS machines for >them. I'm under the impression that I couldn't add >ns1.theirhostname.com, ns2.theirhostname.com, etc. records to their >domain and point them at the same IPs as our ns1.pointinspace.com, >etc. DNS servers - then assign them to their DNS names in the >registrar's records. > >Am I correct in this assumption, or is there some way to do what I >think is not possible? > > - John > >-- > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >John May <mailto:jmay@pointinspace.com> >President / Media Developer <http://www.pointinspace.com> >Point In Space Internet Solutions ICQ: 35902494

Messages In This Thread: DNS Server Hostnames by John May on Jun 1, 2001 at 10:10:22 am Re: DNS Server Hostnames by Men & Mice Support on Jun 1, 2001 at 10:13:58 am