Re: How does networking (communication) work when in the cloud

I don't think the distinction is being made by "techno-purist"...

Instead it's those who've actually set up or used large internal DNS
trees... vs those who've only dealt with the simplified external (read
public) DNS.

Godaddy and Network Solutions aren't very good DNS providers. Thier main
business is registration and providing basic DNS is a secondary concern.

From experience, GoDaddy's DNS services are quite limited; in fact I'm

looking at moving our DNS to another provider.

http://help.dnsmadeeasy.com/spry_menu/how-to-create-and-delegate-a-subdomain-from-your-managed-dns-domain/

Charles



On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

After some research, I think I understand the distinction that
techno-purists want to make between "hosts" and "subdomains". Domains
and subdomains will have name server (NS) records and NO host records
in the "zone" file pertaining to the parent domain, while "hosts" will
have one or more host records (A, CHAME, MX, etc.) and NO name server
(NS) records for that host in the domain's zone file.

Unfortunately, I had to wade through mounds of inane anecdotes and
confusing geek-speak of techno-purists trying to explain the
difference - none of whom would actually explain how to create a
subdomain (add "NS" records to a domain's zone file).

The problem still remains that most DNS providers (GODADDY, Network
Solutions, and dozens of others) don't agree with the previous
distinction, and they provide browser user interfaces for setting up
"subdomains" by adding "host" records to the domain's zone file.

Oh well...
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