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Stryker:
I got mine with no strings from a local company called "Adept Online Services" but they do their domain registrations through opensrs.org which doesn't seem to have any string (i've had mine for nearly a year, no problems). I'm paying $20/year for the domain, using a free dns server, and am hosting it myself. I suggest doing it through a major company that won't fail though (register.com, opensrs.org...) If you go through a smaller registar ask them what would happen if they go under. They may move your domain to a different registar or it may go float. I'll see if i can find a link to such questions...

Stryker:

quote:Originally posted by Stryker:
I got mine with no strings from a local company called "Adept Online Services" but they do their domain registrations through opensrs.org which doesn't seem to have any string (i've had mine for nearly a year, no problems). I'm paying $20/year for the domain, using a free dns server, and am hosting it myself. I suggest doing it through a major company that won't fail though (register.com, opensrs.org...) If you go through a smaller registar ask them what would happen if they go under. They may move your domain to a different registar or it may go float. I'll see if i can find a link to such questions...
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just found a link that may be helpfull...
http://www.internic.net/faqs/index.html

and you can transfer your registar after 60 days.


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sorry i hit the quote button instead of edit... foolish me.

[ November 02, 2002: Message edited by: Stryker ]

rtgwbmsr:
ICANN Credited registars (I recommend only using people on this list)
http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html

preacher:
Simply put, I dont trust free dns services, so what I did since i was hosting the webserver already, was to run a dns server off of my computer. It is not easy to set up bind, but I never have to worry about whether or not someone elses dns servers are working, and also I can easily add subdomains and be a back up dns server for friends.

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