Nick Andre : August Abolins wrote:

> AA> ...put in the server names that Joacim's ISP is using.

> No.
>
> In any domain-transfer, Name server or DNS situation, I would rather
> suggest
> playing safe than merely switching name servers.

But it is safe.  It is easy to put in another DNS at any time, or clear those
fields.  Updating  those DNS fields is not a "transfer" (which would require
the "AUTH CODE" exchange).

IMHO, to be really "safe", Ward should have built a fidonet.org place-holder
page(s) a long time ago on his ISP host that he is paying for.  And if the new
1st and 2nd DNS entry results look bad or break something, it can simply be
undone to revert to his place-holder page(s).

Take a look at http://propertyownersbuyandsale.ca/.  What can you discern from
that?

The domain owner asked me to build a site. They have a completely different ISP
than me.  I forget the original 1st and 2nd DNS names, but the ISP is
namespro.ca.

I built a site at my own ISP host in a subdirectory *exactly* the same way
fidonet.io exists.  The owner, once happy with my design approved the DNS
forward *exactly* like it is being  described here.  We changed the default
namespro.ca entries, and put in:

1st. Name Server: ns1.globat.com
2nd. Name Server: ns2.globat.com

Namespro calls this "if your domain is hosted by another company.. change 1st
DNS and 2nd DNS.   As done above.

At my account with Globat, I simply have an entry for their domain name
"propertyownersbuyandsale.ca" and all I have to do is steer that to the
subdirectory where my designed pages are.

This is not a transfer. Ward does not lose control.  He can always "clear" the
1st and 2nd fields and his ISP will default to a local landing page or a pages
of his own creation.


> Ward should not start switching name servers unless he first studies very
> carefully what DNS records are on those existing name servers.

I hear ya.  But I doubt that the new DNS "destination" is of nefarious nature. 
And we're only talking about pages that have text.  There is also no email
involved (unless Ward feels like creating info@fidonet.org) in which case he
*should* point info@fidonet.org to any existing mailbox that someone will
actually read and answer.)  No ISP is going to object to that.


> Unless Joacim is running a commercial-grade DNS server setup and has
> replicated the existing DNS structure, and his ISP is okay with the
> level of DNS queries, please do NOT suggest merely switching name servers.

Queries to fidonet.org isn't going to break anyone's internet. Come on!  Robots
are probably to blame for hits/queries at sites everywhere.

What is there to replicate, other than to first point the fidonet.org name to
the new DNSs.  There should be no MX CNAME (the structure?) stuff to deal with
at this first step.

The first step with the new 1st and 2nd DNS entries will ultimately load
Joacim's pages just fine.

This simple forwarding thing via DNSs shouldn't be taking so long since Feb 25!
  If I would have taken so long to have a "live" site for the folks  at
propertyownersbuyandsale.ca, I would have lost a job.

BTW, propertyownersbuyandsale.ca is DNS forwarded the same way as described
above, but the domain is dropping soon - hence there is only a place-holder
page now and I was asked to remove the old site content until instructed
otherwise.


.../|ug

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