How to know if you are the owner of a domain

**league_of_ordinary_men** · 24-Oct-12, 05:38 PM

Under which section?

**Dave A** · 25-Oct-12, 11:19 AM

Can you register your registration details as private on .co.za domains?

I know you can do it on .com etc. - but thought it wasn't possible on .co.za

**Dave A** · 25-Oct-12, 11:31 AM

Let me add - owning a domain is one thing, having total control is another. I've always viewed these as the key:

Originally Posted by Dave A

2.a is the registrant, effectively the owner of the domain.
4.g is the admin email - which is the email address that should be used to send instructions to Uniforum to change any of the details.

6.x is the nameserver - and this is pretty important when it comes to changing hosts as there are a few ways to do it, depending on your level of access to the existing nameserver and your ability to draw a full account backup from your existing web host.

Having your details in the registrar's domain record is good stuff, but you only have total control of your domain when the nameserver(s) you're pointing to is under your control too.

**league_of_ordinary_men** · 25-Oct-12, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Dave A

but you only have total control of your domain when the nameserver(s) you're pointing to is under your control too.

Can you please explane a little more?

**Dave A** · 25-Oct-12, 08:10 PM

It's a little complicated to explain in a brief post.

Maybe read up on the Domain Name System and what a name server does to get some background.

**league_of_ordinary_men** · 26-Oct-12, 05:26 PM

will do,thanks

**SilverNodashi** · 27-Oct-12, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Dave A

Let me add - owning a domain is one thing, having total control is another. I've always viewed these as the key:

Having your details in the registrar's domain record is good stuff, but you only have total control of your domain when the nameserver(s) you're pointing to is under your control too.

Dave, not quite......

If you have total control of your domain, i.e. your contact details are in the Admin / Tech section and you use someone else's DNS servers, then you can easily update the domain info to use another DNS server if the current host / ISP has problems.
So you don't even need the DNS servers, or know how to manage them

**league_of_ordinary_men** · 27-Oct-12, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by SoftDux-Rudi

your contact details are in the Admin / Tech section and you use someone else's DNS servers, then you can easily update the domain info to use another DNS server if the current host / ISP has problems.
So you don't even need the DNS servers, or know how to manage them

Ok so I can have my details in admin/tech section and the domain can be on an server I choice to host on?But if my details are in the tech section wont they contact me if there is a technical problem?