why use 3rd party DNS - eg., ZoneEdit.com?

David P. Schwartz plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Fri, 24 Aug 2001 00:11:40 -0700


Why use a 3rd party DNS like ZoneEdit.com or GraniteCanyon.com rather than
running your own DNS server?  I'm curious what the pros and cons are.  (I
can get the obvious stuff like handling dynamic IPs, but ... is there some
benefit to letting somebody else handle your DNS lookups?)

-David