Typically you don't need to have live name servers when you register. Some registrars and some registries (.NU, for example) require live name servers by doing periodic checks. Many of them do however require that the name server itself be registered (have a handle) before you enter a domain using it.
The way I do it is I have a pair of name servers I register things on if I don't know the real values -- then I modify the entry after everything is set up. This works fine except for registries like .to where they charge you for modifications (a procedure I'm not fond of.) In my opinion, you should >not< have to have the name servers set up beforehand, because that would mean you were announcing unregistered names, and that would be a bad thing. (Now that I've opened my mouth I'm sure others with different and possibly better information will chime in and correct me ;-) >X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 10 08:36:49 2002 >X-envelope-info: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:06:25 EDT >Subject: NZ registrars >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows DE sub 10501 >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hallo, > >I am looking for a good priced NZ registrar. >It should be possible to change the name servers via customer interface. > >Does anybody offer with online interface/credit card payments? > > >For 1 important domain I would prefere to register with domainz directly: > >But I do not understand the requirements concerning nameservers. >Must the nameservers be configured BEFORE even registering the domain? >Or would it be sufficiant to register the domain and to configure the >nameservers >shortly after (in fact there might be a period of about 0,5-2 hours without >configured nameservers after the registration) > >Thank you > >Matthias
