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We looked at Route 53, but would that make a difference today if your domain is registered at Namecheap? If Namecheap is down, it does not get redirected.
by sparagi 13y ago
We looked at Route 53, but would that make a difference today if your domain is registered at Namecheap?
If Namecheap is down, it does not get redirected.
- zargon 13y agoIf you don't use namecheap's dns servers, dns requests for your domain do not go to namecheap for redirection. They don't go to namecheap at all. Your specified dns servers get registered with the top level domain servers.
- sparagi 13y agoIf you use Route 53, your zone file is still at Namecheap (registrar). Doesn't that still make Namecheap a failure point?
- daigoba66 13y agoNo. The zone file lives on the nameserver (DNS server) which Route 53 provides. Namescheap registers a list of nameservers for your domain with the TLD. An over simplified example for looking up "news.ycombinator.com": 1. First query the TLD nameserver for all ".com" domains asking for the authoritative nameserver(s) for "ycombinator.com". 2. Next query that nameserver for "news.ycombinator.com".
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- sparagi 13y agoBut, the first entry point is namecheap. The domain is at Namecheap, so it will not find the zone file at Route 53, if Namecheap does not send it there. Right?
- colmmacc 13y agoNo, registrar's are your portal to updating data in TLDs, but those TLDs are each operated separately. .com and .net are operated by Verisign, for example.