[ILUG] [OT] tech-c and zone-c

[John McCormac]

Kenn Humborg wrote:
> 
> > ]> What exactly is the zone-c (Zone Contact) for a domain?
> > ]> What is different about its role compared to the tech-c
> > ]> and admin-c?
> > ]
> > ]If not the same I'd presume that the tech-c is the person who actually
> > ]knows how to get stuff done while the admin-c is the manager type person
> > ]who tells said tech-c to actually get stuff done once they've finished
> > ]warezing.
> >
> > I would interpret the zone-c as the person who pays the bill, and the
> > admin-c as the person who implements and looks after the DNS.
> 
> The guy who pays the bills is the billing-c.  I'd imagine that
> the tech-c is the guy who does the actual implementation (and
> he's the guy who gets contacted if there is a problem).
> 
> There was a time when there were only 3 roles, admin-c (the boss),
> billing-c (the cheque-writer) and the tech-c (the guru).  Then
> this zone-c appeared.  What does he do?

Controls the DNS record (zone file). Sometimes on a domain, the tech-c
is only the onsite MSCE and does not have any control over the DNS
entries.

Regards...jmcc
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