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Creative/Exceptional NameServer Prefix

Mahfuz_SS_EHLMahfuz_SS_EHL Host Rep, Veteran

Hi,

NameServer is one of the most talked technical term in Hosting Industry specially in DNS Issues, Pointing A Domain etc.

Everyone simply uses "ns1.example.com" & "ns2.example.com"

Any Creative Suggestion on the NameServer Prefix (I mean HostName Prefix e.g. ns1, ns2 etc) ??

What prefix you use as your NameServer ?? :-D

Thanks,
Mahfuz.

Comments

  • wychwych Member

    Some hosts I have worked with used Greek Gods etc as the names.

  • "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things"

    Thanked by 2raindog308 msg7086
  • My cat names (emeng, bebo, poci, etc) :-D

  • Mahfuz_SS_EHLMahfuz_SS_EHL Host Rep, Veteran

    @netrix said:
    My cat names (emeng, bebo, poci, etc) :-D

    Emeng.example.com :D

  • Mahfuz_SS_EHLMahfuz_SS_EHL Host Rep, Veteran

    @wych said:
    Some hosts I have worked with used Greek Gods etc as the names.

    I also noticed it.

  • thisaintyomamasdns.example.com - I'd dig that :D

  • Mahfuz_SS_EHLMahfuz_SS_EHL Host Rep, Veteran

    To host some Govt. Owned Corporate Site, what can be the prefix ???

    corporate/special/secured/govt/redundant !

  • You can use the name of planets.

  • Some domain registrars only allow things like dns1 or ns, so make sure to have alternatives!

  • Are names of Pokemon out of the question?

    Thanked by 2typh0n msg7086
  • KupolKupol Member

    Use racial slurs.

  • Popcorn1.domain.com :)

  • RadiRadi Host Rep, Veteran
    edited March 2015

    vanessa-hudgens.domain.com

    katy-perry.domain.com

    emma-watson.domain.com

    You got the idea...

  • the-nsa-is-watching.domain.tld

  • ehabehab Member

    i knew someone used city names in Saudi Arabia. nice to connect them to islam history.

  • @Radi said:
    vanessa-hudgens.domain.com

    katy-perry.domain.com

    emma-watson.domain.com

    You got the idea...

    Not sure if it was @Jar or @ryanarp's idea, but Catalyst had a node named Taylor Swift.

    I currently use Futurama characters, but TaylorSwift, CharliXCX, etc may be the next set.

    Thanked by 1ryanarp
  • ryanarpryanarp Member, Patron Provider

    @mikeyur said:
    I currently use Futurama characters, but TaylorSwift, CharliXCX, etc may be the next set.

    I claim Taylor Swift idea. The notifications for reboots were pretty amazing. Taylor Swift is going down, she will be back up soon.

  • NickMNickM Member

    There's no benefit from giving nameservers weird/vanity names, really. All it really does is cause confusion. Let's say you get a monitoring alert for server "taylorswift.domain.com" - are you going to know instantly that it's your NS? Maybe, if you only have a few servers, but once you get past a handful of servers, it just becomes an annoyance.

    Thanked by 1rm_
  • @ryanarp said:
    I claim Taylor Swift idea. The notifications for reboots were pretty amazing. Taylor Swift is going down, she will be back up soon.

    What record was playing while doing maintenance on the node? I'd probably go with "I Knew You Were Trouble"

    Thanked by 1jar
  • Why not use ns1, ns2 ? Is there problem?

  • rm_rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran

    NS prefixes are really not the place to get creative or "exceptional", they should be ns1/ns2/nsX. However the actual hostnames of the boxes serving as NSes absolutely do not have to follow that, especially if a box does more than just NS (and it most likely would, since just a nameserver is not a demanding task).

  • ryanarpryanarp Member, Patron Provider

    @NickM said:
    There's no benefit from giving nameservers weird/vanity names, really. All it really does is cause confusion. Let's say you get a monitoring alert for server "taylorswift.domain.com" - are you going to know instantly that it's your NS? Maybe, if you only have a few servers, but once you get past a handful of servers, it just becomes an annoyance.

    I can't think of anyone who does creative names for NS. They were referencing node names when taking about T Swift. Which isn't confusing when same name is seen in control panels. Our name servers are generic NS1 NS2 and so forth.

  • @ryanarp said:

    Well there's cloudflare.

  • TrafficTraffic Member
    edited March 2015

    @Jonchun said:
    Well there's cloudflare.

    I think the explanation for that is simple: it's easier to mistype a number than a complete word. And at worst, there will be little to no probability on that typo word being another of their nameservers.

  • tommytommy Member

    sorry.domain.tld
    but.domain.tld
    iloveu.domain.tld

    or using different tld like dan

    dan.me.uk.      3600    IN  NS  ns.dan.is.
    dan.me.uk.      3600    IN  NS  ns.dan.me.uk.
    dan.me.uk.      3600    IN  NS  ns.dan.host.
    dan.me.uk.      3600    IN  NS  ns.dan.cm.
    dan.me.uk.      3600    IN  NS  ns.dan.xxx.
    dan.me.uk.      3600    IN  NS  ns.dan.tv.
    dan.me.uk.      3600    IN  NS  ns.dan.tm.
    dan.me.uk.      3600    IN  NS  ns.dan.network.
    
  • @tommy said:
    or using different tld like dan

    that is the only thing that actually makes sense

  • cassacassa Member

    nsa.domain.tld
    nsb.domain.tld

  • cassacassa Member

    I've been using Japanese names too btw

  • rm_rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran

    tommy said: or using different tld like dan

    Traffic said: that is the only thing that actually makes sense

    2 or 3 is fine, but 8 is just overdoing it. (Well, even registering and paying for all those domains is, too)

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