Thanks. If (when) an online store is in our future I'll check into that. Thanks again to all for clarifying this.
________________________________ From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switched web hosting companies - what to do with DNS? Highly probable that your hoster has a cert that you can use. Many hosters that go the CNAME route get one for just this reason. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switched web hosting companies - what to do with DNS? Ah, right ...sorry, obviously it would not be an "A"ddress... but rather a CNAME. Thanks However - if I want a SSL (for an online store for example) - I will need a static IP? ________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switched web hosting companies - what to do with DNS? Someone else answered you (correctly) that it would be a CNAME instead of an "A" record. There is no need for a static IP address unless you have an SSL certificate. Otherwise, it's just a waste of IP addresses. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Switched web hosting companies - what to do with DNS? For example, this is what my DNS record looks like now with my current web hosting company: www.DOMAIN.com <file:///\\www.DOMAIN.com> . 86400 IN A 123.123.123.123 My new hosting company wants me to use this: www.DOMAIN.com <file:///\\www.DOMAIN.com> . 86400 IN A client123456.myregisteredsite.com I assumed when I switched hosting companies that I would just get a new IP address, not a virtual address. They are telling me that they don't give out static addresses for web sites anymore. Is this the norm? Thx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
