Since no one has mentioned it I thought I would chime in. I have been using afraid.org for years, never any problems, fast transition, free, for basic package, nice and easy to manage
http://freedns.afraid.org/ Greg -----Original Message----- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 29 December 2007 12:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Looking for a DNS provider Good point. Splitting DNS service and registrar services offers limited protection from bastard domain registrars. Because the registrar controls the records that point to the DNS servers themselves. If you run into a dispute with your registrar (like GoDaddy shutting down sites whenever anyone asks) then they just point the nameservers at different DNS servers. If they also control the DNS itself, they can do this immediately vs. the 48 hour propogation time it may take to change NS records at the registry. Small comfort. More important is to stay away from unscrupulous domain registrars. Tucows is one of the best, but try wrestling a domain away from GoDaddy. I've dealt with the situation several times and it can be a nightmare. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Gill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 5:49 PM Subject: RE: Looking for a DNS provider Why do you want talk about registrars like that? I mean, the way it comes across in your message, you do this often? I would think you would want a registrar that holds a higher level of confidence in such statements. Anyway, the point is if you register all your domains at the same registrar, then you gain ease and convenience in those areas for managing DNS. I don't use a tier 1 registrar, but the sub of TUCOWS that I use have not given me one reason to change in over 4 years of use. I'm all for splitting up services but those two go so nicely together I'm wondering why you want to do what you're doing. -- Mike Gill > -----Original Message----- > From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Looking for a DNS provider > > AH HAH! > Bingo. > I am willing to bet that is why we are using a different provider for > DNS than our registrar. So that we can switch registrars with no > problems. > Thanks!!! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Looking for a DNS provider > > Oh...and I was going to mention that I like using a dedicated provider > for > DNS since it makes changing any other part of your hosting environment > easier - switching registrar, web host, etc. Not having to re-setup DNS > when > those changes are made is nice. > > - Andy O. > ________________________________________ > From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:11 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Looking for a DNS provider > > > I was going to mention using the registrar, as I do myself. The ones > that I > have used all have this. It's just not enabled by default. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
