Re: a bit ot: servers
- From: "Humberto Rodriguez" <sub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 21:03:58 -0500
DNS stands for Domain Name Server. Internet works on IP addresses and when
we request a domain for example, on the address bar of the browser, an FTP
client or an email server, there is a server for that domain extension, for
example a .com domain, which receives the request and through DNS entries,
knows which DNS server to send it to; and the DNS server will in turn send
it to the host that handles that domain, either as a host or virtual host.
The host server knows which account and protocol to send the request to,
whether a dedicated or shared server.
Humberto
----- Original Message -----
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: a bit ot: servers
| The point of a nameserver is to provide redundancy; if one fails, there
| is another one in backup. One specification is that they are on separate
| systems, to help with the redundancy. Essentially the nameservers run
| dns servers, which send out the records for the dns requests. That's
| about as much of it as I understand.
| On 3/2/2011 4:04 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
| > I was hoping to avoid a monthly or yearly bill, though having root
| > access does sound nice. While it may be more work, is it possible to
| > register a domain on my own server (that converted pc)? What exactly
| > do you mean by a nameserver, and how is it different from the server
| > you get when you install apache or a similar program?
| >
| > On 3/2/11, Littlefield, Tyler<tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| >> Hello Alex, First, you can save a lot of the trouble by grabbing up a
| >> linode. $20/m gets you a sweet server, and it's your own. It's a vps
| >> system, but you get root so you can do whatever you want. They also run
| >> their own DNS servers, so you don't need to do dns yourself. Let me
know
| >> if this is something you are interested in, I have a refer code. What
| >> you need to do is find someone that hands out domain names, then point
| >> that domain at a nameserver.
| >> On 3/2/2011 3:44 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
| >>> Hi all,
| >>> I am in a class in which we have to download WAMP. I did, and I also
| >>> got Django (a Python web framework) since I love Python and had never
| >>> tried Django before. After using it, I really like it and I am toying
| >>> with setting up an old pc of mine as a server. It would be low
| >>> traffic, probably no more than a hundred visitors at a time (and
| >>> usually few to none), but I really like the idea of having control
| >>> over everything instead of renting space where I have to shell into it
| >>> and cannot add, for example, libraries or upgrades.
| >>>
| >>> My question is: I had a domain registered, but I let it lapse. It was
| >>> through ipowerweb.com. First, can I re-register it for less somewhere
| >>> else, paying whomever gets paid for this sort of thing directly?
| >>> Second, is it possible to have that domain point to an ip of my
| >>> choice, namely my Apache server's ip? If so, how would I configure
| >>> this?
| >>>
| >>> Thanks in advance. When I google stuff like this, I only get offers
| >>> for cheap domain registration, but they all come with server plans,
| >>> which I do not want.
| >>>
| >>
| >> --
| >>
| >> Thanks,
| >> Ty
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