DNS and hosting question

[Keith Morse]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Chong Yu Meng wrote:

> Keith Morse wrote:
> 
> >Get the authoritative name server to include somehost.xyzdomain.com in the 
> >appropriate zone file,  or...  Well just one question first.  Does the 
> >internet need to know about somehost.xyzdomain.com or just your own 
> >company?
> >
> >  
> >
> Yup ! The internet needs to know about the server hostname. I guess I'd 
> have to email the hosting company to find out, but do you know if most 
> hosting companies charge for this service or not?


Depends on the hosting service, personally I do not as it is just a one 
line entry in a zone file and a HUP of named.  Other DNS hosters just have 
a web form that submit a change to their respective NOC (Network 
Operations Center), again at typically no charge.