Correct. We tried, where possible, to populate the new registries (.info, .biz for example) with our own local list of nameservers, to prevent such insidious errors as "Unknown entity reference" or "Nameserver does not exist", etc...
So.. yeah :) Charles Daminato TUCOWS Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Marc Storck wrote: > OpenSRS pre-populated the registries with nameservers registred with them, > so your nameservers could have been created during such .... > > Marc > > At 23:58 25.01.2002 +0100, Bernd Hilmar wrote: > >On 2002.01.25 23:29 Charles Daminato wrote: > >>That's a good question! Many registries (.com/.net/.org, .info, .biz, > >>.cc, etc) tend to keep a local database of "known" nameservers. If you > >>wish to use a nameserver that's based on a domain within the registry > >>(i.e. a .biz nameserver at the .biz domain), the registry maintains that > >>you must "register" the host. This makes some sense, but I'm not > >>convinced ;) > > > >Thank you for that information. > >While trying to add a nameserver form ours to the registry, I found > >out that they still exist. There is no list where I can see if they > >are registered or not. > > > >But I'm sure that I never registered the nameserver by myself in that > >registry. Im only sure, that I created the nameservers as we started > >our business, but that was all I did. > > > >>These registries also demand that foreign nameservers (i.e. non-.info > >>nameservers at the .info registry) are also registered; although the > >>rules > >>are a little less stringent. You typically don't have to submit an IP > >>address with the nameserver, and I've yet to find any sane checking done > >>on these nameservers (i.e. I could add ns.me.uk to the .biz registry, > >>regardless of the existence of ns.me.uk) > >>I think there might be some RFC reason for it, but I've never heard a > >>good > >>story (yet) > > > >That sounds nice ;) So I think if the nameservers are registered > >and the domain registration works well, its good as it is. > > > >regards, > > > >bernd hilmar > > > > > >
