Name Servers/IP Addresses

[Darren Loher]

Hi,

Removing the IP address for nameservers in whois 
should not be a problem, as anyone who needs it
can obtain an accurate IP address for that zone
by doing a DNS lookup.  That's a much better method
as the IP address in DNS is what is actually used,
not whois.

The order of nameservers in the whois database should
also not be important, strictly speaking.  In DNS,
an NS record is an NS record.  There is no distintion
regarding NS records between master and slave name servers.

-- 
Darren Loher                 Level 3 Communications
dploher at level3.net           Global Data Architecture
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On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:30:52AM -0500, ginny listman wrote:
> For the purpose of delegating sub-domains in the in-addr.arpa domain ARIN
> currently collects both the name and the IP address of the Name Servers.
> This information is stored in the ARIN database and is displayed in whois.
> Only the name of Name Server is needed for the NS RR.  The IP address is
> not used for anything but the whois display.
> 
> Proposed Change:  As part of the new schema, ARIN would no longer collect 
> the IP Address.
> 
> Pros:  This would require one less piece of information that would have to
> be collected and maintained.
> 
> Con:  This information will no longer be displayed in whois.
> 
> 
> Questions:
> 1. Does anyone rely on the IP Address associated with Name Servers
> displayed in ARIN's whois database?
> 
> 2. Is the order of Name Servers important?  Whether the Name Server is the
> primary or secondary is technically irrelevant for the purpose of 
> delegation.  Does the order matter for the whois display?  Should the
> servers be identified as primary and secondary either specically by
> annotation or inferred by the order of display?
> 
> 
> Ginny Listman
> Director of Engineering
> ARIN

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