DNS question -- how to register a nameserver

I am trying to run my own nameserver for my domain.

I have everything set up correctly -- I can get all the right
responses by querying with dig.

When I go to my registrar to set the nameserver for my domain, their
web interface thing sends me an email telling me that the nameserver I
put in is not a properly registered nameserver.

If I go this page:

http://registrar.verisign-grs.com/cgi-bin/whois

I get "No match for nameserver" if I enter in my IP address on which I
am running bind, and click the "nameserver" radio button. If I enter
in other nameservers, such as my ISP's from my /etc/resolv.conf, it
gives me an answer.

How and where do I set the information that my IP address is a
nameserver, so that query will give the right answer ? Is it
something I should discuss with my ISP from which I get the IP
address, or the domain registrar ?

--Rob

"Robert G. Ristroph" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> I am trying to run my own nameserver for my domain.
>
> I have everything set up correctly -- I can get all the right
> responses by querying with dig.
>
> When I go to my registrar to set the nameserver for my domain, their
> web interface thing sends me an email telling me that the nameserver I
> put in is not a properly registered nameserver.
>
> If I go this page:
>
> http://registrar.verisign-grs.com/cgi-bin/whois
>
> I get "No match for nameserver" if I enter in my IP address on which I
> am running bind, and click the "nameserver" radio button. If I enter
> in other nameservers, such as my ISP's from my /etc/resolv.conf, it
> gives me an answer.
>
> How and where do I set the information that my IP address is a
> nameserver, so that query will give the right answer ? Is it
> something I should discuss with my ISP from which I get the IP
> address, or the domain registrar ?

They've always liked doing it that way. Login into your account
and look around. They have nice FAQs to help.

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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Robert G. Ristroph <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> I am trying to run my own nameserver for my domain.
>
> I have everything set up correctly -- I can get all the right
> responses by querying with dig.

Assuming your nameserver is on your rr IP, it is refusing to answer
outside DNS queries. You can test that from freeshell with:

host name server-IP

> When I go to my registrar to set the nameserver for my domain, their
> web interface thing sends me an email telling me that the nameserver I
> put in is not a properly registered nameserver.

Maybe because your nameserver is refusing to answer DNS queries. If you
fix that maybe you can use it as a nameserver. However, a nameserver
should be a static IP. So it may be best to continue to use a dynamic DNS
service, even if your dhcp IP rarely changes.