How Do I Make A Domain Name Server With Win2K8

[adantei]

Hi,

wondering how to set up a Domain Name Server on Windows Server 2008 to work and function as a Domain name generator, creator, register and host like the DNS service on GoDaddy.com. I know there has to be a way to do it because they are out there and it has been done, so how would I go about doing this? Can I use win2k8 or do I need a totally different OS? If I need a different OS can anyone specify how to do this?

Not looking for any answers telling me I can't do this myself. If that's your answer then best keep it to yourself and don't post just to spam the forum with incorrect information. Unless you can explain it extremely well... in great detail why I cannont do this myself. And detail means a good novel size post.

Thanks to anyone who can help.
Have a great day everyone.

 

[mmthomas]

Hi,

wondering how to set up a Domain Name Server on Windows Server 2008 to work and function as a Domain name generator, creator, register and host like the DNS service on GoDaddy.com. I know there has to be a way to do it because they are out there and it has been done, so how would I go about doing this? Can I use win2k8 or do I need a totally different OS? If I need a different OS can anyone specify how to do this?

Not looking for any answers telling me I can't do this myself. If that's your answer then best keep it to yourself and don't post just to spam the forum with incorrect information. Unless you can explain it extremely well... in great detail why I cannont do this myself. And detail means a good novel size post.

You can do that on Windows 2008 or Linux/Unix, but most of what you are asking for is not built-in to either operating system and will require specialized web application programming to accomplish.

Just hosting DNS services is built in to both Windows 2008 and Linux/Unix, but generating, creating and registering domain names will all require custom programming for the web front end as well as some kind of database on the backend. There may be portions of such a solution that you can purchase off the shelf (such as a billing system, credit card payment system, client info and registration database) but there will still be programming to do to interface all of these correctly. There are not that many companies providing this kind of service, thus there isn't much demand for an off the shelf total solution. So, you may want a novel size answer on why you can't do this yourself, but an answer on how exactly to do it would be even longer than a novel.