On Friday 25 July 2003 07:57 am, you wrote:
> I think you missed something.  The original wanted two domains on the
> same physical address:
>
> 	NS1.MICROSOFT.COM	192.168.1.1
> 	NS1.WHITEHOUSE.GOV	192.168.1.1
>
> not two nameservers for the same domain as in:
>
> 	NS1.MICROSOFT.COM	192.168.1.1
> 	NS2.MICROSOFT.COM	192.168.1.1
>
> Network Solutions is going to try to put in HOST records for both microsoft
> and whitehouse using the same IP address.  I believe that you are not
> allowed to have duplicate HOST records in the root nameservers.  Is it
> permitted to have NS1.MICROSOFT.COM act as the primary nameserver for
> WHITEHOUSE.GOV?

Sure,  Any nameserver can act as a primary for any other domain.  Most of the 
time people want to do this, it is for vanity reasons.  IE they want it to be 

ns.mydomainname.com
and not 
ns.myhostingcompany.com. 

-Patrick

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