>The serial number of the SOA record - usually in the format YYYYMMDDNN > >; File Yourzonefile.db >; Information for this zone > >yourdomain.co.uk. IN SOA ns.yourdomain.co.uk. >hostmaster.yourdomain.co.uk. ( > 2007011601 ; Serial <---- This > 28800 ; Refresh > 14400 ; Retry > 3600000 ; Expire > 14400 ) ; Minimum
In the US, ns1.yourdomain.com, and even the DNS for yourdomain.com of the registered hostname, doesn't even have to be operating. ns1.yourdomain.com A ip.ad.re.ss ... is entered by the someone authoritative for yourdomain.com into the system, it gets published into the whois database, and then sent to the *.gTLDservrs.net. End of story. I understand what you are saying from your experience in UK, because the French NIC does the same kind of, and much more, verification of the yourdomain.fr and ns1.youdomain.fr, and of all new anydomain.fr (eg, DNS's of only .fr ISPs officially registered/approved/verified with France NIC can host .fr domains (at least it used to be that way). But none of the that closed-loop, end-to-end verification is done in the US, where it's totally open loop. Len
