Hi, On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 12:46:43PM -0400, Michael Grant wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 04:35:34PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > > TL;DR: I too find it a little odd that whois says this domain is reserved > > but > > querying the DNS shows that it isn't there at all as I would > > usually expect just the NS records to be present in the containing > > zone. I can only assume that this registrar allows for registered > > zones to not be published at all if one wishes. The whois is > > authoritative for what is available to register; the DNS is > > authoritative for what you can globally query. > > There is no obligation to provide a working name server or serve DNS for a > domain name. DNS and name registration are separate.
That's not what I'm talking about. When you register a domain you have to provide nameservers for it, and while it is true that you do not need to actually run nameserver software on those nameservers¹, the parent zone does need to add a delegation before anything will work. I find it odd that the parent zone (.net) has no delegation for this domain, but perhaps that is a registrar option that I have not noticed before. It has already been pointed out that if the intention is to use the domain internally then technically no delegation needs to be made. Though again I find it odd that the registrar bothers to say what the nameservers are in that case. Thanks, Andy ¹ Though there are some zone operators that actually check to see if your proposed nameservers answer correctly for the domain you're adding before they will add the delegation. -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
