[Gllug] DNS Question

[Andy Farnsworth]

I decided to bail on my ISP fixing it, so i moved my DNS to Network 
Solutions and now I can control it myself from the control panel.

Andy

Ian Northeast wrote:
> Andy Farnsworth wrote:
>> I am trying to get my hosting provider to add a pair of entries to my 
>> DNS profile which would match as follows.
>>
>> 82.69.147.30    class.stonedoor.com
>> 82.69.147.30    home.stonedoor.com
>>
>> They have done this before for another server of mine, however, now 
>> they claim that since my domain is registered via Network Solutions 
>> they cannot add entries to my domain. 
>
> It doesn't matter who it's registered through; it's who hosts it which 
> matters.
>
>> Now, use my ISP them for DNS as shown clearly in a whois.
>>
>>
>>   Domain Name: STONEDOOR.COM
>
> ...
>
>>   Domain servers in listed order:
>>
>>   NS.WEB2010.COM               216.65.3.100
>>   NS2.WEB2010.COM              216.157.79.246
>>   NS4.WEB2010.COM              216.157.55.6
>>   NS3.WEB2010.COM              216.157.47.6
>
> But now it says:
>
>    Domain servers in listed order:
>
>    NS41.WORLDNIC.COM            205.178.190.21
>    NS42.WORLDNIC.COM            205.178.189.21
>
> Which are Network Solutions servers. The delegation from the GTLD 
> servers matches this. But these servers don't answer for your domain. 
> Have you or your ISP been changing things? The domain doesn't work at 
> all currently because these servers are lame.
>
> The servers listed in your whois quote *do* answer for your domain. 
> But as it isn't delegated to them, this doesn't work.
>
> I don't understand how this can come about. If you use the NS web site 
> to edit your DNS it sets up a delegation to their servers as above but 
> it also creates the domain on them. It looks as though someone has 
> gone in and entered an explicit delegation to NS servers but this 
> would be a very strange thing to do. It could be a bug in NS's web 
> site I suppose but this doesn't seem very likely, it's used 
> extensively and I've not heard of such a problem before.
>
>> Am I wrong in thinking that my ISP has control of the DNS even though 
>> they claim they don't?  
>
> Apparantly so, as it is delegated to NS servers now. But it does 
> appear that some ill advised fiddling has been going on recently. Who 
> has control of your NS account? You or your ISP?
>
>> Is there a way to get the entire entry information for a domain from
>> a DNS server remotely?
>
> Not usually as zone transfers to unauthorised addresses are generally 
> prohibited. The command "dig @server domain.name axfr" will give it if 
> it is permitted.
>
> Regards, Ian
>
>

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