Rayna — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 07:49:38 +0000

Zollet -

Thanks for the reply. I ended up getting another call from the IT department and they explained in more detail what they were doing, in a way that made sense, and with much less attitude I was just baffled because I had never experienced anyone doing this at a city level.

Beyond whether they could or could't do it there was a control issue that obviously needed to be addresses.....politics.....OY!

Ultimately they ended up requesting a DNS and admin contact change with Verisign because we didn't want them to have DNS control of a domain they didn't own.

Thanks again!

zollet — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 07:17:29 +0000

Actually, it is possible to for example register a domain with NetSol (or any other registrar) and have it point to the IT department's DNS (or any other DNS). Then, if you have access to the DNS the domain is pointing to, you can simply point the domain to any IP address you want. My point being that the end result will be almost the same, both the IT department's DNS and the new web host's DNS would have to point the domain to the IP/server the website is on for it to work.

Suzanne — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 04:30:40 +0000

Is anyone reading things today? It's not VERISIGN (unbelievably) that's at issue, it's that the tech department is saying they don't need to change the DNS with Verisign.

And no, I don't think it's possible, unless they are a registrar, which they aren't, since they use Versign.

necrotic — Fri, 31 Jan 2003 04:11:44 +0000

To change the DNS of a domain you use the registar, so Verisign is being gay. I recommend you get away from Verisign, I've heard nothing but bad things about them.