internet dns

hi, i have a windows server 2003 enterprise operating system on my server and i have been told that you can be your own internet dns server (not network). how can i set my computer up to do this so i can get onto my website from anywhere connected to the internet?

I am no expert on this. But I think you have to use Windows buildt in IIS (or was it ISS) or download apache to make websites work. You can always use IIS (or was it ISS) to run an FTP server though.



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i know how to do that and i have IIS installed and i know how to access my website from the internet but i would like to be able to make my own internet domain on my dns server running server 2003 enterprise edition.

You have to replicate with servers on the Internet. They have there own schedule to auto-replicate. It's best to just use the one your ISP gave you.

I guess you can set up a free A-Record on a the net. But that won't solve your problem totaly since it doesn't sounds like you have solved your problem with your dynamic IP.




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how can i make an internet dns server on windows server 2003 enterprise.
i have a dynamic ip which might be a problem. what i am after is being able to become a domain registration site. i would like to be able to register domains and point them to my website. i know how to do this for my local network clients because they are connected into my dns by default but i would like to be able to set up my server so that i can register some site that has not been registered yet and point it to my website.can i do this without paying anything?

what if i was to swap to another isp which did give me a static ip address?

I don't think you can, as every DNS server has to have the new domain addresses. they would just have your address (and name). I don't think it is that easy. What are you trying to do?

You will have to pay a company to register the domain for you.

The only advantage having your own dns server would be is that you could update child domain's on the fly (if your registar supports it).

check out http://www.dynDNS.org (you could setup a dandono.is-a-geek.org or w/e domains they offer with a dynamic IP)

IIS or Internet Information Services is what you need to install and configure to serve websites off your W2K3 server.

i allready had an account with dyndns (dandono.ath.cx) and they blocked my account. they sent me an email saying that it had copyrighted material on my site so i now got to take everything that i think is copyrighted off of my website.

What did you put on there?

Use a server side technology like ASP/PHP/ASP.Net to protect the content from their eyes

i had a few songs that my stupid little brother had uploaded from his workstation. i have just taken the link off of my homepage but i dont think that dyndns are going to give my account back.i dont know how to do anything in asp or php.i know that my server supports asp because it is on IIS 6.0 but i dont think IIS does php

No... IIS does not support PHP w/ out a ISAPI extension ...

If just you are accessing it... you could just use integrated windows security.

ok i got it to ask for a password now when ever i or anyone goes to a certain part of my website. back to the actual question. what i would like to do is register a domain with my self and be able to access that url from anywhere that is connected to the net. can this be done on a windows server 2003 enterprise operating system?

Go into Server Management. Add the DNS Server role to your server.
Register a domain name online. Tell you registrar that you are to be the nameserver for the domain.
Then configure your own domain from inside DNS :)

and would that let me make any domain name i want and as many domain names i want aswell?

i have installed php on my iis 6 webserver now. what cool things can you do with php? and what are its limits?