[ale] DNS Name

[Omar Loggiodice]

Michael David Ivey Writes :
:
:Ok, I have one name for my machine, but I want to 
:register an alternate name, with a second level domain, and InterNIC 
:wants DNS service to already know of that hostname.  So, how can I get 2 
:servers to know that this second name is my machine?  If I ran DNS on my 
:machine, would that be one?  And if I could get someone else to add it, 
:would that count as two?  Or am I going to have to pay someone, other 
:than the 100 bucks to InterNIC?  Anyone done this before?  I'm new to the 
:DNS world, and want to get more info on it.  Thanks!
:
: 

   What InterNIC generally requires is two name servers for your domain
running in separate machines, preferrably in separate networks. Adding a
second domain just means configuring those two name servers to provide
authorative (SOA records) information for your second domain (as well as the
first one, of course). You will need to use NS, SOA, PTR and A records, and
you would probably also want CNAME records for hosts like
www.firstdomain.com and ftp.secondomain.com. In your case both domains will
point to the same IP address (that's how you get the "...servers to know
that this second name is my machine? ").

   I won't go into the details of how to do all this, instead I'll recommend
you to buy and read an excellent book:

"DNS and BIND" from O'Reilly and Associates, ISBN 1-56592-010-4

You'll find it in most computer-related bookstores. 

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