Subj : Re: general question about serving ports and domain names
To   : comp.programming
From : Willem
Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 10:36 am

chrispatton@gmail.com wrote:
) On all the commercial domain name registrar, they have all these
) advertisements and add-ons to their software. I'm confused. I need to
) sort a few things.
)
) 1. I want to get a domain name for my computer. I don't really want a
) professional webpage; I don't want any add-ons. I just want the
) capability to code my own servers and be able to get to these ports
) from a domain name I choose. Do I need to register with some commercial
) business to get one?

As far as I know, yes.
There might bee non-profit organisations that do this, who knows.

) 2. If and when I do register, what goes on? How does a client know that
) the domain name is related to my computer? Is the domain name located
) on the companies' computer, and is redirected to my computer?

The company you register with has (access to) what is called a
'nameserver'.  If someone wants to 'look up' a certain domain name,
it asks a 'nameserver' for that name, which then returns the IP address
that belongs to that domain name.  In your case, the IP address of your
computer.


SaSW, Willem
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