Your Own Domain Name and Third-Party DNS

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It is possible to have your own domain name and provide third-party DNS service for it, meaning that you do not have to configure and administer a DNS nameserver for yourself. You can even have a mail address for your domain without having a mail server.

Here is a summary of the major tasks involved in providing a third-party DNS service to your own domain name:

  • Register and pay for a unique domain name Several companies now offer to register these names, so shop around for the most reasonable price and perform some Google background checks on the company before using them.

  • Use a third-party DNS provider to provide DNS services One popular provider is ZoneEdit (www.maximumhoyt.com uses ZoneEdit as well, although there are a number of other free-of-cost providers) and provides detailed steps to use the service. ZoneEdit also provides mail forwarding services, so mail addressed to you@your.own.domain is forwarded to your regular ISP mail account. ZoneEdit also allows you to use DynamicDNS, which enables you to run a server on a dynamically assigned IP (from a cable or dial-up provider), yet still have DNS servers locate you. ZoneEdit can also provide a startup web page space for you or forward requests to an already established page with a long, complicated address.

  • Return to your domain name registrar and tell it what nameservers will be authoritative for your domain.

Once you have completed the preceding tasks, it will take about three days for the information to propagate around the Internet.

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