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A domain registrar provides the service of allowing one to register domain names.

A domain registrar provides the service of allowing one to register domain names.

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Does DNSSec NSEC3 require support from the Registrar, DNS Server or both?

I'm interested in getting NSEC3 support for my domain getvalid.com, so that I can prevent name traversal. DYN doesn't seem to support NSEC3, and it's clear that BIND and the DNS server require the ability to support NSEC3... but I'm unsure if the…
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Is there any reason NOT to have a web host also handle domain registry?

Apologies in advance if this is not the appropriate board for my question. I've encountered several clients with multiple domain names who, for whatever reasons, have their domain registrations handled by just as many registrars, including quite a…
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Did my registrar screw up or is this how name server propagation works?

So my company has a number of domains with a large registrar that shall go unnamed. We are making some changes to our DNS infrastructure and the first of those is we are moving our secondary DNS from one server on site to four servers offsite. So we…
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How can I handle a .org domain on my own nameserver without paying for unwanted services?

I have a dot org domain that I use to run a website. Until now, I had an account onto a hosting+domain provider. Recently I thought to run the website on my own webserver and to handle the domain on my own nameserver. What do I need to do in order…
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DNS and Web servers on a single machine (same IP)

I have a server with DNS and IIS7.5 installed. I also own a domain xyz.com (fictitious name, of course). How do I setup DNS to resolve to machine's IP for this domain provided DNS is installed on the same machine and is reached thru the same…
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Registrar and Host are Different - Should I move DNS?

Registrar and Host are different companies. Obviously A, MX, CNAME, TXT, SRV should be changed. However, should I move Domain Name Servers to the Host or keep them with the Registrar? Thanks.
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Odd Domain Registration Setup

This is a continuation of a question that I already posted, but this is distinct enough to warrant a new question I believe. I've got a client who knows very little about how their domains are managed and hosted. After some digging, I found out…
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How long will it take a domain to become available after showing a status of pendingdelete / redemptionperiod?

I'm trying to secure a .co domain and it shows it expired on 12/22/2020. Registry Status: clienttransferprohibited / pendingdelete / redemptionperiod I understand it goes through various updates at can take 45 days before it's available. Does this…
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How should i insist that a Domain Name Record be amended to protect a co-owner?

I'm aware that there's no field in the record format that explicitly relates to co-ownership. This scenario must come up fairly often--one party owns (is the registrant) the domain name, another party actually operates the Site. In my case: my…
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programatically check if a domain is availible?

Using this solution Bot? check if a domain name is availible? I wrote a quick script (pasted below) in C# to check if the domain MIGHT be available. A LOT of results come up with taken domains. It looks like all 2 and 3 letter .com domains are taken…
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Impact of changing DNS glue records from registrar

I have three domains from three different registrars (e.g. example.com, example.net, example.org). The DNS records for each domain is handled separately using the control panel of each registrar. I wish to centralize all zones to a single service…
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Why does my Registrar only want Name Server names?

I'm just experimenting with setting up my own name server for my personal domain. I have bind running locally and everything works fine, now I'm at the point where I'm telling my registrar to start sending other requests to it. My registrar is only…
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Remove DS Records from Parent Zone

We transferred a .se domain to GoDaddy from a small Swedish registrar. It turns out the original domain has DNSSEC setup and the DS records were never removed from the parent zone when it was transferred (and no DNSKEY records were setup on…
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DNSSEC without registrar

The real title: How to use DS records without registrar help I'm trying to stay loyal to my registrar, I have over 100 domains with them. Their "Advanced DNS" is pretty lacking(just A, TXT, CNAME and MX records), so unless I'm just setting up a…
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Where does dig additional section nameserver information come from?

I have a client whose website has intermittent issues, which I believe are due to DNS lookup. When this happens and they do a ping, the host cannot be resolved. Therefore, I ran: dig @a.gtld-servers.net autoquarterly.com I get: ;; ADDITIONAL…
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