Re: domain status in registry and registrar
Hi,
On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 12:46:43PM -0400, Michael Grant wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 04:35:34PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> > TL;DR: I too find it a little odd that whois says this domain is reserved but
> > querying the DNS shows that it isn't there at all as I would
> > usually expect just the NS records to be present in the containing
> > zone. I can only assume that this registrar allows for registered
> > zones to not be published at all if one wishes. The whois is
> > authoritative for what is available to register; the DNS is
> > authoritative for what you can globally query.
>
> There is no obligation to provide a working name server or serve DNS for a
> domain name. DNS and name registration are separate.
That's not what I'm talking about. When you register a domain you
have to provide nameservers for it, and while it is true that you do
not need to actually run nameserver software on those nameservers¹,
the parent zone does need to add a delegation before anything will
work.
I find it odd that the parent zone (.net) has no delegation for this
domain, but perhaps that is a registrar option that I have not
noticed before. It has already been pointed out that if the
intention is to use the domain internally then technically no
delegation needs to be made. Though again I find it odd that the
registrar bothers to say what the nameservers are in that case.
Thanks,
Andy
¹ Though there are some zone operators that actually check to see if
your proposed nameservers answer correctly for the domain you're
adding before they will add the delegation.
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