Re[6]: webserver hosting and webmin

[Patrick E. <pat...@dr...>]

hello Robert!

on Sunday, April 22, 2001, 10:00:31 PM, you wrote:

RB> on 4/22/01 2:31 PM, Patrick Erler at pat...@dr...
RB> wrote:

>> to make my previous message clear, all this prerquisites i
>> mentioned you must have to become a "member" of the registration
>> authority for .de domains, and only if you are a member you can
>> edit the ripe entries on your own (and can register domains to
>> reasonable prices - if you are not a member you can register
>> domains directly for 80$ a year %} (and cannot edit the ripe
>> entries...)


RB> My answer would be then to not use their .de and do something else - as I
but for marketing reasons you need a local domain, and that is
.de.. and the most freedom you can get IMHO is the way i want to
go, register the domain with one of the "members" of the
registration autority use as DNSes one of the dns services in the us
(dyndns.org for instance) and put my server to a server housing
isp and when i switch ISPs i simple change the DNS entry at,
lets say, dyndns.org..

RB> said, here in US, you simple obtain static IP's, set up two BIND servers on
RB> two different IP's and then submit the forms to be a fully qualified host
RB> with network solutions - no charge, no membership fees.

RB> While you cannot alter in-addr.arpa blocks, you can maintain your own and
RB> you can make all of the subdomains and handle all of the Domain name space
RB> for domains that you become responsible for, which here in US means that you
RB> buy a domain , then pick two fully qualified hosts to act as DNS for it.
RB> Simple.

RB> Domain registration at it's most expensive here is $35.00/year from network
RB> solutions, others are cheaper.
i know, i know, i have some .com domains too..

regards,



PAT
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