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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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Registering a Domain Name automatically via a web service or API

Right now we have the need to register a new domain name every day or so. As fun as going through godaddy's registration process is (or any domain registrar for that matter), we would like to automate the process. Is there a registrar with some…
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Glue record limitations for authoritative nameservers

I am trying to set up some nameservers for use by many domains, but there appears to be some issues with my set-up and I am not clear on what needs to be fixed to get it to work. For my nameservers, it is set up as follows: I have several…
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Hover.com domain cant be reached

I recently bought a .DE domain from Hover.com for use in email addresses (I am using mailbox.org) and also a web service in the future. The name-servers are set to ns1.hover.com and ns2.hover.com. I have 2 A-records set, one with '*' and one with…
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Different nameserver and glue record

I have a domain called domain.com (already working and in production) and that domain is already using ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com as nameservers. Now I have created new Authoritative DNS server (ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com) and I want…
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Understanding domain registration and dns lookup

I want to understand the process of how your domain gets queried from dns servers after purchasing a domain. I have not yet tried hosting and have no plans atm but I am eager to learn. Here is what I have deduced so far (some are still speculations…
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Name servers not resolved leading to DNS lookup failure

So it's difficult to give a short title to this but I'll go over a brief back story... So I have the domain repo-itechy21.tk and have hosting with 000webhost. (ew) it's been a good 30 hours and my domain registrar is saying that it's not them, and…
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Can a hacker potentially take down 90% of the top ten websites hacking into Markmonitor?

90% of the top 10 websites, Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Youtube, etc register their Domain Names with a domain registrar called MarkMonitor. If Markmonitor were hacked, the hacker could reset the name servers and effectively make them inaccessible or…
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Domain registrar, DNS hosting, Web hosting A little confusion

I've .com domain and a php webhosting. I can easily manage to setup nameserver in registrar and hosting and connected my domain to my host. But I cant understand what the dns hosting part do. I've googled but couldn't find a easy-to-understand…
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Registar asks for a domain instead of IP address for the nameservers of my domain

Let's say I have a DNS server at home with IP 123.123.123.123. How can I tell my registrar to use this server as the nameserver for my domain? I can't just provide it with an IP address.
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What does a domain registrar do?

What does a domain registrar actually do? As in, do they facilitate you registering your domain name with the registry? Do they host your domain? I downloaded a couple of top-level-domain zones, they're just a list of NS records. So my question is,…
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My website is down - who's liable? Host or Registrar?

I've a website which is often (actually most of the times) is down. I am using one company as a registar and another as a host (changing NS). Before I start talking to them on this issue, I want to know to whom I should talk to? Registrar or my…
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