Bret Busby wrote: > On 19/8/24 21:00, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Even less than that: just a DNS record, i.e. some entry in the global > > name database mapping the name to... anything (an IP address, another > > name, a mail exchange, whatever). > > > > You can reserve the name and postpone creating a DNS record for it. > > > > As often, the Wikipedia [1] gives a good read on that. > > > > Cheers > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS > > > As a person who has a few web sites, the first step, is registering the > domain name, then, the second step, is obtaining web hosting. Upon the > obtaining of the web hosting, DNS addresses (the IP numbers for the DNS > servers) (for, usually, each of the primary server and secondary server), > are then allocated. In the absence of obtaining web hosting, no DNS server > is allocated. > > That is from my experience. > > Your experience may be different.
That's because you are purchasing a bundle of services from one company. These things are all available separately: - domain name registration (annual fee) - establishes the name of busby.net and points it at one or more name servers - domain name service (can be self-hosted, or provided through a free or paid service, or a combination) - maintains and updates records for www.busby.net, mail.busby.net, etc. to translate names into IP addresses. - mail service (can be self-hosted or otherwise) - basic web hosting (same) and whatever else you'd like. -dsr-
