[dns-operations] go daddy refuses to register NS not otherwise associated with go daddy controlled domains

[George Michaelson]

On 12/09/2012, at 10:27 AM, Mark Jeftovic <markjr at easydns.com> wrote:

> I don't understand this, they are saying they will only do this for
> domains under their management, implying that this domain isn't.

Yes. I am saying that using their GUI, to manage a domain which is managed with them, they limit NS to

1) in-baliwick, defined in a hosts.txt file they control and expose a UI to

2) any NS already in use by you, in any domain, under godaddy control

3) any grandfathered in NS, but I cannot verify if this remains true if you drop them from the record of any domain.

> 
> But you later say, only godaddy can modify the whois record for this
> domain, which means godaddy is the registrar of record.

yep.

> 
> So you do this through the registrar of the parent domain, godaddy -
> what am I not getting? Are they not doing it because you're not actually
> using their nameservers?


I am attempting to define NS delegation outside of the zone, and not using their NS.

> 
> The only exception I can think of is when you need to create a
> nameserver record in the gtld roots for a nameserver that is in some
> other ccTLD namespace - many registrars won't do that.
> 
> - mark

Yep. I'm learning (fast) that this is understood. its subset of possible NS, restricted to specific values, to avoid some bad behaviour but as a consumer of DNS services, I didn't notice the restriction coming in. A new entrant would be presented with a fait accompli.

because of the grandfathering of 'strange' NS in imported WHOIS records, I suspect that many of us won't have noticed.

-G