Re: [FreeDNS] Problem registering a domain with za.org

["Brian Smucker" <bsmucker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Henry,

I am trying to resolve this problem I am having with this dns thing for the
obmm.za.org.  I asked someone with more expertise than I (I have none) to
explain what is wrong.  This person is acquainted with how to set up a
za.org subdomain.

Following is our conversation.


On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 07:17:48AM -0800, Brian Smucker wrote:
>
> Here is a reply from the support person at surfxpress:  He says that his
> server end of things is all ready and that I must have za.org do
something.


> That's not the way to do it.  207.202.64.13 is not a nameserver.  It is
just
> the web server, you should have this line in the za.org domain file
>
> obmm    IN    PTR 207.202.64.13
>
> then, when you do a nsloopup obmm.za.org, with any DNS server, you will
get
> 207.202.64.13
>
> In order to add this line to the domain file, you have to get the sysadm
> responsible for za.org to add this line and restart the dns server.
>
> ********end quote*************
>
> What's he saying?  I don't have the expertise to tell him what is wrong.
> Maybe he has a bit of a misconception about how things should be set up.
> Can anyone explain to me what exactly he's saying and what's wrong with it
> (and perhaps where to go from here)?

Well, partly he's wrong and partly I think you and he are misunderstanding
each other.

He thinks that ZA NiC is going to add an A record (not a PTR record as he
incorrectly states) to the za.org zone file for your webserver.

That's not how it works.  ZA NiC is a registrar (or registering authority,
if
you will) for the za.net and za.org domains.  In other words, *you* have to
set up the primary and one or more secondary nameservers for your domain
(obmm.za.org), and ZA NiC simply adds the NS records in the za.org zone file
to inidate these servers.

To put it in plain(er) English:  You're getting the entire obmm.za.org
domain
here, not just a mapping of the name "obmm.za.org" to a specific IP number.

Your service provider has to configure two or more nameservers to be
authoritative for obmm.za.org.  They then have to give you the names and IP
numbers of these servers.  And THEN you can register your domain with ZA
NiC,
using the details provided by your service provider.

Forward this to your tech support, if you wish, it should explain things.
:-)

-- V

-----------end conversation----------------

I appreciate all you've done and your prompt replies.  I hope this can be
resolved as soon as possible.

Brian Smucker




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