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- From: mfaurot@bogart.uucp (Michael Faurot)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
- Subject: Re: My new domain name -- what do I do with it?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.145739.1359@bogart.uucp>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 14:57:39 GMT
- References: <1992Dec12.192410.28161@wariat.org>
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- sjsobol@wariat.org (Steven J. Sobol) writes:
- : Carlos Dominguez (carlos@infoserv.com) wrote:
- : : ... How did you apply for a domain...
- : : pardon the FAQ-like question but I was curious..
- :
- : To register in the .US domain as John Boggs did, and get a domain in the
- : format
- :
- : <sitename>.<city>.<state>.US
- :
- : send mail to us-domain-request@isi.edu. This is free.
- :
- : To register in another domain such as .com or .org, you can:
- :
- : 1) Send $50 to UUNET and have them set up name servers for you. E-mail
- : info@uunet.uu.net.
- :
- : 2) Find your own nameservers - you will need one Internet-connected system
- : to act as a primary name server, one as a backup name server (these
- : computers give pointers to your machine for other computers on the
- : Internet), and a machine to act as a forwarder from the Internet (which
- : may be the same computer acting as one of the name servers.) Send mail
- : to hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil for a registration form. Registering through
- : the NIC (Network Information Center) is free, and it's what I did to get
- : tiny.com's domain. It is also pretty quick (expect a week or two turnaround
- : on your request).
- :
-
- I think I understand the basic ideas behind what's going on with
- getting a host on the Internet to act as a nameserver for you. This
- way DNS look-ups can actually get answered, etc.
-
- What I'm not quite clear on is connectivity requirements between my
- site and the nameserver. Is it mandatory to have a direct UUCP link
- between my site and the site providing name service, or can an
- indirect link be used?
-
- For example this obviously would work:
-
- mysite!nameserver
-
-
- But would this be acceptable (assume hops don't mind the traffic):
-
- mysite!othersite!nameserver
-
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