DNS & Nameservers

[GaryH-21]

Hi guys,

I'm getting a reseller hosting account, and they want to charge me a monthly rate for "private nameservers".

But, could I not just set up CNAME's for my own domain to point to their nameservers.

E.g ns1.mydomain.com -> CNAME -> ns1.reseller-company.com
Then give clients the ns1.mydomain.com

Won't this effectively give me "private nameservers"?

Thanks in advance

 

[chigley]

You can do exactly that, yes

 

[PistolPete]

You can do exactly that, yes

You can, but having a CNAME point to an MX, NS, or CNAME is asking for loads of trouble. CNAMEs should only be used to point to A records really.