[NCLUG] Nameserver Hosting

[DJ Eshelman]

I thought for sure I'd be the last in the world to actually /recommend/ 
this, but I've been pretty happy with GoDaddy, who does registration and 
DNS hosting.  The DNS hosting is included in the price and I've never 
had an issue, in fact they are one of the rare ones with an actual 
usable interface that you can actually even add things like SPF records 
and I think even multi-alias servers with little difficulty.

But if you need something temporary, just let me know and I can get you 
hooked up, we have four NS servers at our office.  Nothing fancy, just 
old BIND boxes, but it's something we provide for our clients when they 
need it.

-DJ

Mike Jensen wrote:
> I would also second dyndns.org ....I think it cost like $50 a year for 
> just nameserver hosting.  But I have used them for both dynamic dns 
> and nameservers.  And they seem to do fine too.  I have used GKG as a 
> registar and they did awesome too.  But never tried there nameservers.
> Tim Swanson wrote:
>> LUG,
>>
>> Does anyone know of an outfit that offers just nameserver hosting?
>>
>> I've registered a domain name for personal use. While I have big 
>> plans for it eventually (when I have the time and resources), for now 
>> I just want to use it for e-mail using Google Apps.
>>
>> The only service the registrar provides is adding an NS record for 
>> their own zone. I need to specify the NS location. Trouble is, I 
>> don't have one, or the means to host one.
>>
>> I know a lot of web hosting outfits do nameserver hosting as well, 
>> but I don't want any web hosting at the moment, and I'd rather not 
>> pay for it. Is there anyone that will just do the DNS server?
>>
>> I can do as little or as much as needed. (I know how to install and 
>> configured BIND.) But since I only need a single MX record, it 
>> probably makes more sense just to add my zone to a currently running 
>> installation.
>>
>> (Also, Google Apps requires you to add an arbitrary CNAME record in 
>> order to verify that you do indeed control the domain, so I would 
>> have to do that too.)
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim Swanson
>>
>>
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