In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Roeland M.J. Meyer" wri
tes:
> At 09:49 PM 2/7/99 -0500, Michael Sondow wrote:
> >John B. Reynolds a �crit:
>
> >> Every domain name holder directly or
> >> indirectly administers a DNS zone file. Are you sure you're not
> >> confusing "DNS zone" with "root zone"?
> >
> >No, the domain holders don't administer zone files. That's done by the ISPs
> >and the layers above them in the hierarchy. My name isn't in my ISP's
> >permissions file for changing RRs. I have no control over the MX records, or
> >the CNAME aliases, or who is the secondary NS, or anything else to do with
> >the zone files. I've been reading the BIND manual in my spare time. You
> >can't kid me.
Michael,
that may be true, but is not the issue.
whois ICIIU.ORG yields:
Administrative Contact:
Sondow, Michael (MS17032) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1 (718) 846-7482
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Wianecki, Chris (CW618) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(718) 318-6444
Billing Contact:
Sondow, Michael (MS17032) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1 (718) 846-7482
Whether you contract with perfekt.net to have physical write access to
the iciuu zone file is a matter of convenience (by way of contract
between ICIIU and PERFEKT.NET) and maybe a matter of security.
el