Security: Secondary DNS plz read in!

[akersche]

http://www.secondary.com/
They offer a secondary DNS for security (realibility) purpose.

"Service is offered free of charge to customers with five or fewer domains and less than 100 records overall."

I think that's great.
BUT I have no idea what they mean with "100 RECORDS".
Can anybody tell me, what that is?
Are they talking about subdomains?
(Or is it something that's about hits/traffic?)

TIA
Arno

[Chicken]

Arno, sometimes it helps to read past the first page on the site. The question is answered in the FAQ.

How much does it cost?
secondary.com is free for the first 5 domains or 100 records. After that, the cost is $50.00 for every block of 100 Records, per year.

I know you are going to ask, "What is a record?"

This system currently supports the following RR types for primary zones:

A: IPv4 address
A6: IPv6 address (new)
AAAA: IPv6 address (old)
CERT: DNSSEC Certificate
CNAME: Name Alias (canonical name)
DNAME: Domain Alias
HINFO: Host Information
KEY: DNSSEC Key
LOC: Location
MX:Mail Handler
NAPTR: Name Pointer
NS: Name Server
PTR: Name Pointer
RP: Responsible Person
SRV: Service Location
TXT: Text


In short, yes- could have to do with subdomains (or any other record you put in a zone), and no- nothing to do with hits/traffic.

[akersche]

Thanks a lot.
Actually I searched the web-site for information about "record".
But couldn't find something that helped me.
FAQ stated:
"What Resource Records (RRs) can I add to my domain?
Secondary.com does not restrict the Resource Record types you may use in your domain information. All valid RRs are supported."
And in the Glossar I couldn't find it.

Thanks for telling me what a record is!!!

Greetings Arno