[lug] Local DNS required?

[Michael Deck]

At 07:30 PM 12/13/2002, jdavis wrote:
>On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 17:06, Anders Knudsen wrote:
>> Background: my brother owns and manages a furniture store, and just got
>> broadband access to his showroom. With this came 5 static IP addresses.
>> He already has a domain name, and is using a webhost to serve up a
>> static intro page with a real website in the works.
>> 
>> Question: Now, with this domain name, what is the easiest way to get a
>> DNS entry to use his new IP address, thereby allowing him to run a web
>> server, and a mail server, running linux, locally (in the building?) I
>> guess my question is, are there DNS'es out there where you can just have
>> your domain name resolved to the IP address you choose? Or, would he
>> have to run a proper DNS in the building?
>> 
>> TIA,
>> -anders.
>> 
>

It might be worth looking into whether his broadband provider's terms of service even allow him to run servers behind those IP addresses. Most "residential" plans don't, and we've heard tales on this list of folks whose broadband providers actively try to obstruct such use. 



Michael Deck
Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc.