On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 4:07 PM, John Shaver <[email protected]> wrote: > 1 and 1 obviously has no idea how DNS works.
Quite possibly, I have never had good DNS service from a registrar. Godaddy, Namecheap, Hover, Network Solutions. Some times the DNS service is barely acceptable, but usually there is a critical flaw. * Can't setup DNS records before switching to them. Critical for production domains. * Poor DNS interfaces * Missing important DNS control options like TTL * Missing important DNS record types like AAAA, SRV, TXT I generally recommend separating your registrar from your DNS provider. If you are using a hosting provider, consider using them as a DNS provider, they are generally better than your registrar. Also, you have more business leverage over them than you do your registrar. Or better, use a specialized DNS expert service like Dyn. Or even better... Do it yourself. As to your specific problems, that isn't a specific 1 and 1 problem. It's nearly universal with all registrars. Also the problem you state in your case isn't as extreme as you imagine, in nearly all cases a nameserver switch takes effect in seconds. However, it is very bad when going the other direction, no delay to get records setup before it becomes global. It would be so very easy for a registrar to separate these functions. Nameserver choice on a domain vs DNS service. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
