DNS Host Handles/Registrations

Wed Nov 7 22:28:35 UTC 2001

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 02:58:08PM -0600, measl at mfn.org wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Adam McKenna wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 02:17:02PM -0600, measl at mfn.org wrote:
> > > This link is what I was looking for.   Thanks!  I find it interesting that
> > > NSOL is the only one who has responsibility for this???  Shouldn't *all*
> > > registrars have this ability?
> > 
> > They do.
> 
> No, they do not.  At least for the ones I use (register.com and SRS).

OpenSRS certainly does.  I don't use register.com so I can't comment on them.

> > Don't change your info at NSOL if NSOL is not your registrar.
> 
> It appears that the person who "believed" that NSOL was the central
> repository for this was correct.  Changes are made at NSOL, and picked up
> by other resgistrars via whois.

No.  This is incorrect.  Feel free to go try to get this done at NSOL, but I
assure you that you will only succeed in frustrating yourself.

--Adam