Domain name is an easily recognizable identity in form of words for a website. It is used instead of IP addresses (set of numbers such as 127.0.0.1) in the website’s URL.
Generally, a website is set of remotely hosted files, which are fetched through the IP address of the server, where they reside. However, it’s very difficult, and next to impossible to remember the Website URL beginning with IP address. Besides, the URL becomes too long, as it may contain a large path to those files. To avoid such hassle, domain names are provided to mask those long IP based URLs, with smaller human understandable words.
How Is a Domain mapped with a remote server?
Now the question would arise, as to how a system connected to Internet, understands the relationship between an IP Address and the Domain Name targeting it? The answer is simple. Every Domain Name is associated with Name Servers, which point to a Domain Name System (DNS) controller. This DNS controller, maintains the list of related records, such as A Record, CNAME Record, Mail Exchange (MX) Record, etc. which notifies the client terminal, where to look for the required information.
How to obtain these Records?
It isn’t a mystery to obtain these records. Generally, when the Domain Name and Hosting Service is procured from the same service provider, it’s handled automatically. However, when the Domain Name is registered through one service provider, and Hosting from other, the Name Servers of that hosting server needs to be associated with the Domain Name manually through its DNS control panel.
So, does this mean that Domain doesn’t come along with Hosting Space?
Generally, people think that, just registering a domain alone, provides them Email IDs and Web Hosting space, to host their web pages. It is because, many Third-Party service providers quote a common cost for Hosting Service and Domain Name Registration. Domain Names and Web space/Email Hosting Service are different entities. The governing bodies of Domain Names are different than that of Email Hosting service and Web hosting.
It’s just like when you want to build a house, you need Land, Architectural plan and the legal registration of your ownership over the land. Now the governing body of Land Registration is local government, whereas the land would be owned by a land lord, who would sell the land to you.
If we apply this logic in Web Development and Hosting:
- The land registration, is similar to registering a Domain Name
- Buying the land from a land lord, is similar to obtaining a web space to host your web pages, and
- Architecture plan is similar to the task of web design and development
What are the benefits of registering a domain through Cybrent?
Before answering this question, we shall want you to know what to ask a vendor while Registering a Domain Name. The most important and crucial part in domain registration is the person who is providing the registration service.
- Is he/she an authorized vendor or just an agent procuring the services on your behalf?
- Will he/she be accountable to the problems, which you will face with the Domain Name, in terms of service?
- Will he/she provide you full control over the Domain Name that you registered and own?
- Will he/she enable you to change the Who-Is details, so that you can prove your ownership over that Domain Name?
There may be client grabbers, who may try to grab your attention through lucrative offers, and tranquilize your ownership over the domain you register and pay for.
Cybrent otherwise, takes complete responsibility of providing its clients, the ownership, control, service and support related to the Domain Names registered through it. The Control Panel provided by Cybrent, covers all the crucial features required by the domain owner. Some of those features are:
- Who-Is Privacy Protection
- Domain Theft Lock
- Domain Secret (Also called as EPP or Domain Transfer Code)
- DNS Management
- 1 Free Email ID of 1GB capacity with Webmail and POP/IMAP/SMTP support
- Domain Forwarding and Unlimited Email Forwarding.
- For more details visit https://www.cybrent.com/content.php?action=free_services