Actually one doesn't need to understand as much as you seem to suggest. You could just set it up using the defaults and cut/paste the file from the OpenNIC site and you're good to go. Done. It is admirable and a good idea to try to learn more, but it's not mandatory for a functioning setup. In my case I do have a static IP at home, but I put the nameserver on a VPS (which I also use as my VPN). As a matter of general information, a VPS is dirt cheap these days - such as $10 per year or less. Times have changed.
OJ, $10 per year = starvation here in the US, but D. T. pays Twitter even less, iirc he said $1.95. I say; websites for a dollar, well you never get one from me. LOL. Just kidding, I might go that route someday, Go Daddy did. So, its just like a train; set the route, pop in the battery, flip the switch and watch it go. Back in my programming days, at the forum when given code or receiving help to write code, the only thing they ask of you was “step-thru-it and learn exactly what it does, and why”. I been like that ever since.
Anyway, I can do that, but there a few things I rather hear from you because I found no details yet about things I would like to be sure of. Could you provide some hints to these questions? I see there are only two main options and I don’t want to take for granted that it does exactly what it sounds like. I can guest what questions 2 & 3 mean but I would never be sure. It be something like. ..No, we did not mean it like that. .. it’s not yellow, it’s green.
1)
What are the main benefits of running a private-use Tier 2?
If we both had our own private-use Tier 2, is there a function where can we use each other as slave-dns servers, privately?
Why would we want to do that?
I would think the main benefit is I can use it with a Dynamic DNS from FreeDNS since I don’t want the added expense of a static IP, OR, I think with my own dns-server I can resolve my domain-name IP address on my own and it will show my website (now in development) on my computer when I type myregistereddomain.com into my web browser, and that - - only I can do that before going public with the website. I wonder if I could do that much even without having a static IP. I don’t know the true meaning yet but I think by using the private-use Tier 2 on DO that we can act as a slave-dns for one another privately if there is such a thing.
2)
Are there any benefits of running a public Tier 2 other than a server for OpenNIC or as a local nameserver - - which I don’t have a LAN or Network. My development machine only have web-related jails, including owncloud someday soon?
Let's say; if we both had our own public Tier 2 server, with this options is this the only way that we can use each other as slave-dns servers, if so, when you use it for your internal network and I use it for my (if I do one with users), would all of that be totally private for each of us other then matching dns records?
I think DNS knows nothing but privacy but I don't know so I ask. I could be wrong but since my domain-name provider runs many dns-servers around the world there is no need for me to run a public-dns server. .. and as far as a private LAN or network which I don’t have, it would be useless unless one need it for OwnCloud or to open a online store but I thought that only require running a CDN and a database (i'm not sure). I'm also thinking that this option might be the ONLY way to work as a slave-dns for each other. I wonder if the rest of the world would use this public dns-server and clog it up casuing me to waste time needed for plain web development. And I wonder why I would want to do this.
3)
What VPS provider are you using and why?
These questions might not been asked properly and I understand more then I think but why risk it when you never meant it. I don't mean to keep being a cry-baby but Its difficult to create scenarios without any previous experience. and when it time to discuss this with an associate or on a VPN ticket, I would like to give them a clue that I kind of know what I am talking about. Being a little dense at home, I can live with that but not on the outside Dad
I got it while editing. Thank
OJ That's all the step-thru I need!