How to register a domain

Creator: Maxim Prikhodko
Posted on October 18, 2005

Not so this morning own personal page on the Internet was a real luxury, which itself could afford far not everyone. But as they say, everything flows, everything changes. Today owning your own website can literally just hope. Moreover, the existence of a personal site from a business person or company has not just sign of good taste, however, an urgent need, which dictates the modern realities.

For in order to acquire the site, does not need to be a multimillionaire and even possess whatever was special knowledge, for you can do all of the company, specializing in website creation "turnkey". But if you do decide to make your website your own hands, you need to understand not only how to make the site himself, but also his place on the web.

The first thing everyone thinks the individual who decided to make a website - his name. The names of sites in the network are unique, so that their users will not be confused. But even in the browser user is also scribbling the resource name (called domains - from the English word domain), which it wants to open, at the lesson, this site ID - not the name, but the so-called IP-address.

IP-address assigned to each computer connected to the Internet. He also eat at casual users who are connected through a modem, and the largest servers. At the time to IP-addresses consist of four whole numbers (from 0 up to 255) separated by periods, such as 193.243.158.4. Resource names are correlated with IP-addresses by using Domain Name System (Domain Name Service, abbreviated DNS), which translates names into IP-addresses are also back.

domain space is organized as a tree. Top-level domains are species pairs. First, each country has its own two-letter domain to eat. Second, eat more than one domain, consisting of three or four letters. For example, domain .com for commercial sites or .edu domain for educational institutions (it is, however, used, first, in the United States).

The next level of the log are domains which name consists of a pair of elements (other level domain), for example, www.computerra.com . Third-level domains are made up of three parts: sundukov.narod.ru . They were in his domain can create all the owners of the other level domains, so the third-level domains are often used on grant hosting.

Space management of domain names - is a serious problem, which occupies a special organization. Overall coordination and management of the network naming service provides the answer organization of Internet the Assigned Numbers Authority (the IANA). In each of the areas defined by the top-level domain, has to eat his own organization responsible for managing and delegating this level domain names.

Naturally, the "get" at its disposal any desired domain is just not possible. To do this, you need to register, ensure beforehand that the chosen domain name is not used by someone else. Check whether the domain name is taken, and if occupied, anyone can use the service of the whois . Domain registration is specific registrars. Semi-official domain registrar in our country is RIPN , or RU-CENTER's .

For the registration of the domain will have to collect a package of documents also known to conclude agreement with the registrar. Make a permit or in the registrar's office, or by post. Payment methods similar services vary considerably. registration Value (a similar extension of registration) of a domain name in RIPN ranges from 15 up to 100 dollars. It all depends on the zone in which the domain is registered. Domains .ru or .com cost as provision of $ 20 per year.

You can use similar services of hosting companies that already have an arrangement with a domain registrar and are able to quickly arrange and provide the necessary domain. In some cases, it will cost even less. Often web hosting companies register domain name free of total, if the customer signs agreement for six months or once a year.