Child nameservers
From JumbaWiki
Child name servers are a way for resellers to try to hide who their account is hosted with. Instead of using the name servers ns1.jumba.net.au and ns2.jumba.net.au, the reseller's clients can point their domain to ns1.resellerdomain.com and ns2.resellerdomain.com.
For example, xyzreseller.com.au signs up with Jumba. Now say Jumba have default nameservers of ns1.jumba.net.au and ns2.jumba.net.au, and they have the IP addresses 203.88.119.146 and 208.71.170.236 respectively. To mask the fact that you are using Jumba's nameservers, you can create your own name servers, which are in effect, aliases for Jumba's nameservers.
For example you can create ns01.xyzreseller.com.au and ns02.xyzreseller.com.au to point to 203.88.119.146 and 208.71.170.236 respectively, and then you can have all your clients' domains point to ns01.xyzreseller.com.au and ns02.xyzreseller.com.au and Jumba is not mentioned at all.
It is still possible for people to discover that Jumba is behind it all, but child name servers just add a simple layer of obscurity.
How to set up child nameservers
- Affects hosting resellers only
Step 1) Create child nameservers for your domain name(s). You should be able to do this in you domain name management system provided by your registrar. If you can't do this get your registrar to do it for you.
ns1.yourdomain.com point it to 203.88.119.146 (i.e. IP Address of ns1.jumba.net.au)
ns2.yourdomain.com point it to 208.71.170.236 (i.e. IP Address of ns2.jumba.net.au)
Step 2) Create two A Records for yourdomain.com. You can do this in your reseller hosting account.
- Go to WHM
- Go to DNS Functions --> Edit DNS Zone
- Select yourdomain.com from the list and press edit
- Add 2 A Records
ns1.yourdomain.com, 14400, (IN), A, 203.88.119.146 (i.e. IP Address of ns1.jumba.net.au)
ns2.yourdomain.com, 14400, (IN), A, 208.71.170.236 (i.e. IP Address of ns2.jumba.net.au)
- Press save
Then it's just a matter of waiting 24-48 hours for the DNS servers to update with your details and you can start using your new nameservers.
Tell your client to enter in ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com as their nameservers for their domain name's.
Note:
You can use any name for you nameservers, just replace ns1 and ns2 for what ever name you wish to use (e.g. name1.yourdomain.com instead of ns1.yourdomain.com).
