=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) => Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 14:37 => To: [email protected] => Subject: Re: [NF] Web hosting (UK) => => >> What's the advantage of having DNS independent of the registrar? => > => > Off the top of my head ... => > => > 1. Ability to switch domain registratars without switching DNS => > settings (yes, you still have to repoint a switched domain => registrar's => > domains back to your dnsmadeeasy named server, but all => your other dns => > settings can stay the same) => => Playing devil's advocate... => => How often does that happen? :) => => Most of my domains are paid for through 201n.... I think the => probability of needing to switch from godaddy is pretty slim. => => > 2. Re-point subdomains to other places => => You mean to point www.example.com to 1.2.3.4 and point => ftp.example.com to 5.6.7.8? => => I'm not sure why you need a separate DNS service. You can do => that with godaddy - I think. => => > 3. Support for dynamic IP for your domain => => Why would you want that? Dynamic IPs are for home users. => Anyone running a webserver ought to have a fixed IP. => (Curmudgeon speaking here.) => => > 4. Fail over (if a specific service fails, automatically => reroute to => > another service) => => Example? I'm not sure what you mean here. => => > 5. Failure tracking (you can have various services watched and be => > alerted when a specific service fails; i.e. receive an => email warning => > when a http, ftp, or smtp service fails) => => You can do this a variety of ways, though. => => > Items 3, 4, and 5 are extra cost services from other vendors. => => And dnsmadeeasy is free? If not, then what's the advantage => of paying one guy vs another? => => > dnsmadeeasy also offers backup email services as a separate set of => > products. => => As so a number of registrars. I'm sure godaddy does. => => The way I see it, it's just one more egg in the basket to => juggle. Unless I'm missing something. :) => => Whil =>
Hey, Whil. We know you're a daddy, but are you THE daddy, as in GO daddy? <g> _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
