Re: domain status in registry and registrar
Bret Busby wrote:
> On 19/8/24 21:00, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> > Even less than that: just a DNS record, i.e. some entry in the global
> > name database mapping the name to... anything (an IP address, another
> > name, a mail exchange, whatever).
> >
> > You can reserve the name and postpone creating a DNS record for it.
> >
> > As often, the Wikipedia [1] gives a good read on that.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS
>
>
> As a person who has a few web sites, the first step, is registering the
> domain name, then, the second step, is obtaining web hosting. Upon the
> obtaining of the web hosting, DNS addresses (the IP numbers for the DNS
> servers) (for, usually, each of the primary server and secondary server),
> are then allocated. In the absence of obtaining web hosting, no DNS server
> is allocated.
>
> That is from my experience.
>
> Your experience may be different.
That's because you are purchasing a bundle of services from one
company.
These things are all available separately:
- domain name registration (annual fee) - establishes the name
of busby.net and points it at one or more name servers
- domain name service (can be self-hosted, or provided through a
free or paid service, or a combination) - maintains and
updates records for www.busby.net, mail.busby.net, etc. to
translate names into IP addresses.
- mail service (can be self-hosted or otherwise)
- basic web hosting (same)
and whatever else you'd like.
-dsr-
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