Do You Know Where Your Domain Name Is?

How about your car keys? You didn't leave them in the coffee shop, did you? Heck no. They're in your pocket or your purse, unless you're driving. It's just not sensible to leave them lying about.

But many folks are NOT treating their domain names with equal care. If you move to a new host, and let them update the change in host addresses, you must give them your user name and password so they can access your domain name information. Given this, anybody can change anything about your domain name, including ownership. Why risk it? Why share this vital information with anybody? While your new host is not likely to be playing games, how about an unhappy employee who has access to it?

Do it yourself. All you need is your user name and password. If you don't have this information handy, obtain it from the vendor who sold you the name. (Some vendors make this a difficult task, but get it done.)

Now go to: http://manage.opensrs.net

Enter your URL, user name and password. You'll get an option to: "Manage Another Domain." Take it. Then enter your URL again and click "Find Domain." "Now managing URL." will be reported in red.

In the menu bar near the top of the screen, click on "Name Server." In the first field, "Manage Name Server," you will see the Primary (NS) and Secondary (NS2) server host names and IPs for your present host. Enter or edit addresses to those provided by your new host.

Click "Save Configuration." Success will be reported. If you click on "Name Servers" again in the top menu bar, the new IP names and addresses will be displayed. It takes 24-48 hours to propagate throughout the Web, but most updating happens sooner.

You don't leave your car keys laying about. Why risk the equivalent with your domain name? With your user name and password, anybody can do anything you can do. You might not like the results.

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