Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

I don't think that setting up custom DNS for everyone as suggested by the author is quite as simple as it sounds.

It's not enough to just come up with the custom nameservers. In order to use them in most TLDs they also need to be "registered" with the registry that operates the TLD.

So let's say you have myDNSdomain.com. You get a new customer who owns NewCustomer.com and wants to you your DNS, so you create these nameservers for them:

ns237.myDNSdomain.com ns2323.myDNSdomain.com

In order for your new customer to be able to use those on their NewCustomer.com domain, you will need to go to your registrar and set up these nameservers. The registrar will then create the corresponding nameserver records with Verisign, the registry. Only then, the customer will be able to use the nameservers on his domain.




Well, yeah. That process already happens when you set up your domain to use DigitalOcean, but the nameserver used during the setup isn't unique.




Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: