By design the Root Registry denies registration of any domain that has
unregistered nameservers - registered does not mean that it requires an
HST handle. Only that the registrar with which the domain resides on has
registered each nameserver host with NSI Registry. You can check for this
by doing:
$ whois -h whois.crsnic.net <nameserver>
An example (for dns1.tucows.com) is:
Server Name: DNS1.TUCOWS.COM
IP Address: 216.40.37.11
Registrar: TUCOWS.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
Referral URL: www.opensrs.org
Even after registration, the nameservers you want to change TO have to be
registered nameserver hosts.
This is a limitation imposed by NSI Registry; all Registrars must abide by
these rules.
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager (ccTLDs)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, JB Segal wrote:
> I was told at LISA this past week* that any domain I want to register via
> OpenSRS must have nameservers that already have existing NIC handles - that
> I can change the domains to new NS' AFTER the registration has completed.
>
> Is this true??
>
> As many of the domains I end up registering have their OWN private NS
> records, making me execute this extra step (and wait for _2_ root zone updates)
> would add major hassle to things.
>
> Please tell me it's not true? Please?
>
> JB
>
> *By a friend who's already an srs reseller.
> --
> JB Segal [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Systems Engineer 617-250-3649 800-606-8292 617-283-2675 (Cell)
> Akamai Technologies, 500 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139
> "Pay no attention to the folks behind the curtain..."
>
