ISNIC DNS

[AJ Dhaliwal]

On 08/05/13 17:06, Dave Cross wrote:
> ISNIC is the Icelandic domain registrar. They deal with the .is ccTLD. 
> They have slightly non-standard requirements for the DNS of .is 
> domains. See http://www.isnic.is/en/domain/req for details.
>
> I usually host my DNS using Gandi. But they aren't on ISNIC's list of 
> approved DNS suppliers, so when I bought fkth.is a couple of years 
> ago, I ended up at dnspark.com, using their free service.
>
> Over the last few weeks I've been getting email from ISNIC telling me 
> that my domain is in breach of the requirements and that if I don't 
> fix in the next four weeks they will suspect my domain. They helpfully 
> supply a page that checks your domain for compliance - 
> http://www.isnic.is/en/domain/test
>
> Putting fkth.is in that gives the errors:
>
> Test results for "FNS1.DNSPARK.NET":
> The IP address 2001:1850:1:0:107:0:0:d of nameserver fns1.dnspark.net 
> is missing its PTR record or has an incorrect PTR record.
> Test results for "FNS2.DNSPARK.NET":
>
> These are the nameservers for dnspark, so it's nothing that I have 
> changed. Either dnspark have recently changed the config of these 
> nameservers or ISNIC have only just got round to checking them.
>
> I've tried to talk to dnspark about this, but they won't give me any 
> support as I'm on using a free server (yes, I know, you get what you 
> pay for).
>
> Does anyone else own .is domains? Where do you host your DNS for them? 
> Have you never had problems like this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave...
> [Who is seriously considering replacing fkth.is with fkth.at]
>
Too late. I have purchased fkth.at and will sell it to you for 1 million 
dollars.