Amazon Route 53 | Domain Name Registration Flashcards
Where can I find the IPv6 address ranges for Amazon Route 53’s DNS servers and health checkers?
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AWS now publishes its current IP address ranges in JSON format. To view the current ranges, download the .json file using the following link. If you access this file programmatically, ensure that the application downloads the file only after successfully verifying the TLS certificate that is returned by the AWS server.
Download: ip-ranges.json
To find IP ranges for Route 53 servers, search for the following values in the “service” field:
Route 53 DNS servers: Search for “ROUTE53”
Route 53 health checkers: Search for “ROUTE53_HEALTHCHECKS”
For more information, see AWS IP Address Ranges in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.
Please note that the IPv6 ranges may not yet appear in this file. For reference, the IPv6 ranges for Amazon Route 53 health checkers are as follows:
2600: 1f1c:7ff:f800::/53
2a05: d018:fff:f800::/53
2600: 1f1e:7ff:f800::/53
2600: 1f1c:fff:f800::/53
2600: 1f18:3fff:f800::/53
2600: 1f14:7ff:f800::/53
2600: 1f14:fff:f800::/53
2406: da14:7ff:f800::/53
2406: da14:fff:f800::/53
2406: da18:7ff:f800::/53
2406: da1c:7ff:f800::/53
2406: da1c:fff:f800::/53
2406: da18:fff:f800::/53
2600: 1f18:7fff:f800::/53
2a05: d018:7ff:f800::/53
2600: 1f1e:fff:f800::/53
2620: 107:300f::36b7:ff80/122
2a01: 578:3::36e4:1000/122
2804: 800:ff00::36e8:2840/122
2620: 107:300f::36f1:2040/122
2406: da00:ff00::36f3:1fc0/122
2620: 108:700f::36f4:34c0/122
2620: 108:700f::36f5:a800/122
2400: 6700:ff00::36f8:dc00/122
2400: 6700:ff00::36fa:fdc0/122
2400: 6500:ff00::36fb:1f80/122
2403: b300:ff00::36fc:4f80/122
2403: b300:ff00::36fc:fec0/122
2400: 6500:ff00::36ff:fec0/122
2406: da00:ff00::6b17:ff00/122
2a01: 578:3::b022:9fc0/122
2804: 800:ff00::b147:cf80/122
Can I register domain names with Amazon Route 53?
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Yes. You can use the AWS Management Console or API to register new domain names with Route 53. You can also request to transfer in existing domain names from other registrars to be managed by Route 53. Domain name registration services are provided under our Domain Name Registration Agreement.
What Top Level Domains (“TLDs”) do you offer?
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Route 53 offers a wide selection of both generic Top Level Domains (“gTLDs”: for example, .com and .net) and country-code Top Level Domains (“ccTLDs”: for example, .de and .fr). For the complete list, please see the Route 53 Domain Registration Price List.
How can I register a domain name with Route 53?
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To get started, log into your account and click on “Domains”. Then, click the big blue “Register Domain” button and complete the registration process.
How long does it take to register a domain name?
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Depending on the TLD you’ve selected, registration can take from a few minutes to several hours. Once the domain is successfully registered, it will show up in your account.
How long is my domain name registered for?
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The initial registration period is typically one year, although the registries for some top-level domains (TLDs) have longer registration periods. When you register a domain with Amazon Route 53 or you transfer domain registration to Amazon Route 53, we configure the domain to renew automatically. For more information, see Renewing Registration for a Domain in the Amazon Route 53 Developer Guide.
What information do I need to provide to register a domain name?
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In order to register a domain name, you need to provide contact information for the registrant of the domain, including name, address, phone number, and email address. If the administrative and technical contacts are different, you need to provide that contact information, too.
Why do I need to provide personal information to register a domain?
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ICANN, the governing body for domain registration, requires that registrars provide contact information, including name, address, and phone number, for every domain name registration, and that registrars make this information publicly available via a Whois database. For domain names that you register as an individual (i.e., not as a company or organization), Route 53 provides privacy protection, which hides your personal phone number, email address, and physical address, free of charge. Instead, the Whois contains the registrar’s name and mailing address, along with a registrar-generated forwarding email address that third parties may use if they wish to contact you.
Does Route 53 offer privacy protection for domain names I have registered?
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Yes, Route 53 provides privacy protection at no additional charge. The privacy protection hides your phone number, email address, and physical address. Your first and last name will be hidden if the TLD registry and registrar allow it. When you enable privacy protection, a Whois query for the domain will contain the registrar’s mailing address in place of your physical address, and the registrar’s name in place of your name (if allowed). Your email address will be a registrar-generated forwarding email address that third parties may use if they wish to contact you. Domain names registered by companies or organizations are eligible for privacy protection if the TLD registry and registrar allow it.
Where can I find the requirements for specific TLDs?
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For a list of TLDs please see the price list and for the specific registration requirements for each, please see the Amazon Route 53 Developer Guide and our Domain Name Registration Agreement.
What name servers are used to register my domain name?
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When your domain name is created we automatically associate your domain with four unique Route 53 name servers, known as a delegation set. You can view the delegation set for your domain in the Amazon Route 53 console. They’re listed in the hosted zone that we create for you automatically when you register a domain.
By default, Route 53 will assign a new, unique delegation set for each hosted zone you create. However, you can also use the Route 53 API to create a “reusable delegation set”, which you can then apply to multiple hosted zones that you create. For customers with large numbers of domain names, reusable delegation sets make migration to Route 53 simple, because you can instruct your domain name registrar to use the same delegation set for all your domains managed by Route 53. This feature also makes it possible for you to create “white label” name server addresses such as ns1.example.com, ns2.example.com, etc., which you can point to your Route 53 name servers. You can then use your “white label” name server addresses as the authoritative name servers for as many of your domain names as desired. For more details, see the Amazon Route 53 documentation.
Will I be charged for my name servers?
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You will be charged for the hosted zone that Route 53 creates for your domain name, as well as for the DNS queries against this hosted zone that Route 53 serves on your behalf. If you do not wish to be charged for Route 53’s DNS service, you can delete your Route 53 hosted zone. Please note that some TLDs require you to have valid name servers as part of your domain name registration. For a domain name under one of these TLDs, you will need to procure DNS service from another provider and enter that provider’s name server addresses before you can safely delete your Route 53 hosted zone for that domain name.
What is Amazon Registrar, Inc. and what is a registrar of record?
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AWS resells domain names that are registered with ICANN-accredited registrars. Amazon Registrar, Inc. is an Amazon company that is accredited by ICANN to register domains. The registrar of record is the “Sponsoring Registrar” listed in the WHOIS record for your domain to indicate which registrar your domain is registered with.
Who is Gandi?
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Amazon is a reseller of the registrar Gandi. As the registrar of record, Gandi is required by ICANN to contact the registrant to verify their contact information at the time of initial registration. You MUST verify your contact information if requested by Gandi within the first 15 days of registration in order to prevent your domain name from being suspended. Gandi also sends out reminder notices before the domain comes up for renewal.
Which top-level domains does Amazon Route 53 register through Amazon Registrar and which ones does it register through Gandi?
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See our documentation for a list of the domains that you can currently register using Amazon Route 53. This list includes information about which registrar is the current registrar of record for each TLD that we sell.
