DNS help pls
by business_kid from LinuxQuestions.org on (#55B28)
I'm finding out how absolutely useless the Networking Module in my Hardware Engineering degree was.
I'm interacting with my ISP for a low bandwidth fixed IP. Their price is good, but I'm unclear about DNS. They're offering PTR DNS, I gather. Is that any use?
My isp has a block in the 83.x.x.x range, but they're offering me an address in the 92.51.x.x range which whois identifies as being of Russian origin. 92.51.x.x already has an A record (so says dig) as a.root-servers.net. Putting a.root-servers.net into nslookup gets me 198.41.0.4. Whois reports 198.41.0.4 as being some lot in Vancouver:confused: :scratch:
I don't care, really. I just want to put up a small-time server with really low traffic and plenty of closed ports. And I'd like dns so my friends can find it fairly handy
I'm interacting with my ISP for a low bandwidth fixed IP. Their price is good, but I'm unclear about DNS. They're offering PTR DNS, I gather. Is that any use?
My isp has a block in the 83.x.x.x range, but they're offering me an address in the 92.51.x.x range which whois identifies as being of Russian origin. 92.51.x.x already has an A record (so says dig) as a.root-servers.net. Putting a.root-servers.net into nslookup gets me 198.41.0.4. Whois reports 198.41.0.4 as being some lot in Vancouver:confused: :scratch:
I don't care, really. I just want to put up a small-time server with really low traffic and plenty of closed ports. And I'd like dns so my friends can find it fairly handy