Possibly, although register.com does not allow this. Maybe other DNS hosting companies do...
-----Original Message----- From: ML [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Register.com DNS outages On 11/14/2010 10:20 PM, John Lightfoot wrote: > My company uses register.com for DNS hosting and we were hit by its > troubles this weekend. I know there are companies that offer backup > DNS services, but those seem to be aimed at companies that host their > own DNS, which we're not really interested in doing at this time. Are > there mainstream DNS hosting companies that allow customers to use a > second company for their backup DNS? Does register.com allow this? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Florian Weimer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 1:49 PM > To: Brandon Kim > Cc: nanog group > Subject: Re: Register.com DNS outages > > * Brandon Kim: > >> Times like this, makes you curious what kind of infrastructure >> register.com has? How does one protect against DDOS? > > You can outsource your DNS, but you better retain a server locally on > your network, so that you suffer less from that particular shared toothbrush. From the POV of someone who has never used an outsourced DNS service... Is there a reason you couldn't run a hidden master or two that replicates to slaves at one or more outsourced DNS hosts?
