What if you want the hostname to point at, say, 30 servers, because you're big.
For example, what if yahoo.com had made a mistake way back when and
had primary Ns on "www.yahoo.com". Someone else "points at it
hostilely", meaning that "www.yahoo.com" is stuck, in the roots, with
a single IP. Even though they really need to load-balance that
traffic evenly across {N} machines.
They'd like to delete it (hypothetically), but can't.
How do they go about getting the other records disassociated from the
host, so they can get the host deleted? It seems there's a flaw in
the logic, because it allows folks other than the owner of the host
to control the fate of the host.
D
At 8:18 PM +0000 10/27/01, Eric Paynter wrote:
>You can update the nameserver to point to a different IP... That
>would release your IP. The name doesn't really matter if it's not in
>use. If you ever needed the name again, just re-assign it to a valid
>IP again. The lame delegation shouldn't affect this either.
>I know, it's a workaround and not a solution, but it should do the trick.
>-Eric
>Derek J. Balling writes:
>>On a similar note, is there any way to force "hostile" domains to
>>drop your nameserver so you can kill it?
>>e.g., if I wanted to prevent ns1.foo.com from ever being deleted, I
>>could simply add it (lamely) to my domain's NS-set.
>>The hostile usefulness of this is most evident where the host
>>record in question starts with "www." and the company now wants a
>>dedicated nameserver.
>>D
>>
>>At 7:35 AM -0800 10/27/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>Had that issue come up before - as long as there are other domains using
>>>that particular name server, you will not see a delete button, so be sure
>>>to delete this name server from all domains, then a delete button should
>>>appear
>>>cheers
>>>Genie
>>>
>>>> ** Original Subject: RE: Removing Nameservers
>>>> ** Original Sender: John Keegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> ** Original Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 15:34:57 -0700
>>>
>>>> ** Original Message follows...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> In manage.cgi?action=manage_nameservers one is able to add or modify
>>>>nameservers based on a domain, how does one delete a nameserver from the
>>>> records? In order to "release" the IP number, for example?
>>>> --
>>>> John Keegan
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> http://RackShare.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>>** --------- End Original Message ----------- **
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>Genie Livingstone
>>>Magi Inc
>>>511 G 5th Street
>>>San Fernando, CA 91340
>>>818 365 0664
>>>http://www.buildyoursiteonline.com
>>>http://www.eyeondomain.com
>>>http://www.magiinc.com
>>
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