Is there a way to hide the nameservers of my hosting provider in the public whois?
Regards
No, you can't hide such information. A few registries don't disclose them, but it's very limited number.
Some DNS providers offer a feature called "vanity name servers" that allow you to use custom name servers, if your purpose is to hide the name of the hosting provider to curious eyes.
Your question makes no sense over at least 2 points, and you should accept not to try pursuing something as pure vanity.
Here is why:
first whois is not the authoritative source on which nameservers are used for a given domain name, the DNS is;
and the DNS is public because otherwise if your nameservers are "hidden" then your domain name (like your website, emails, etc.) would not work at all.
And even if all the above would not be the case, your website ultimately resolve to an IP address and with just that information people could find out who is the hosting company. Which is why "vanity nameservers" do not help at all.
So there is no shame in having anyone know who hosts your website.
Or, if you are so ashamed of your hosting provider for whatever personal reasons, then it is time to switch, there are a lot of them.
You can reach out to your web host and request a private registration.
here is a link from godaddy.
https://support.godaddy.com/help/article/420/adding-private-registration-to-your-domain-names
The best way to mask your nameserver is using services like cloudflare. However, if you purchased your domain from Namecheap it will surely appear as the domain registrant. but cloudflare will change your nameservers to something link alexia.cloudflare.com
Cloudflare nameserver change will only work if you change your default nameservers to point to cloudflare, some hosting companies have partnership agreements with cloudflare which makes it possible to use the cloudflare services without changing your nameserver.
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Is it possible to move my domain from one.com to cloudflare?
If so, can I then buy an ssl from them?
Also, any resources on how to do this would be great.
My biggest concern is the downtime when switching over.
Cloudflare is not a webhost and domain registrar services are only available to Enterprise customers. It provides DNS, proxy, CDN and various other tools.
SSL is provided free to all customers on all plans, but your certificate will be shared. If you need/desire a dedicated certificate that can be purchased as an add-on to any account for $5 a month.
If you are worried about downtime when you begin routing your traffic through Cloudflare (assuming that's what you mean by "move" to) just make sure you follow steps 1 and 2 of the Cloudflare 101 tutorials in the Knowledge Base before changing your nameservers in Step 3. It should be seamless.
A little more detail to answer the follow-up:
After adding your domain to Cloudflare, and setting up your DNS records, you will be provided with details for two Cloudflare nameservers. Take them to your registrar (in this case one.com) and update your nameserver information. As soon as the changes take effect with your registrar your traffic will begin routing through Cloudflare which is waiting and ready to go.
One.com is shared hosting and you can not change DNS settings on it aside from creating new subdomains. Also, your shared host will change its IP pretty frequently, so pointing a non-one.com managed domain to your one webspace's IP will break faster than you can update it. There is a reason that you can't even see your IP in your account settings.
If you really want to use cloudflare for DDoS protection and its other benefits, one.com and most other shared hosting is not a good choice.
When you search for a new web&domain host, confirm that they allow you to move your DNS to cloudflare before you sign up.
I am trying to find hosting provider for a website that is connected to cloudflare. On Whois Lookup, I get Name Server(s) NOAH.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
UMA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
When I use this website http://network-tools.com
I get Attempt to get a DNS server for 104.XX.1xx.3x failed:
I know that cloudflare is not a hosting provider. How can I dig deep and find the actual hosting provider?
If you have some type of abuse related issue with the website in question you'll need to file a complete abuse report at cloudflare.com/abuse
In most cases there isn't an obvious way to identify the underlying hosting provider for a website behind CloudFlare. With a valid and complete abuse report they can put you in touch with the hosting provider's abuse team though.
There is a service called CrimeFlare that helps to resolve the actual IP address behind CloudFlare.
If the website owner has properly set up their website's configuration with CloudFlare. There is no way to acquire the IP through any external means (Whois, DNS, etc)
If you must send an abuse report or DMCA complaint, you can contact CloudFlare through their website and they will be able to forward it on for you.
1. Check hosting history
Services like https://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report can help you discover the history of hostings for the website.
2. Try Cloudflare IP resolver
https://iphostinfo.com/cloudflare/ (Works as of 2019.12.10, not sure if you can trust this source in a long-term).
Enter your domain name. Click "Search DNS" and you will be
brought to a page that checks for common DNS entries. This tool was
created to help webmasters configure their domains DNS with CloudFlare
properly and is not meant to be used for abuse purposes. If you see
your servers real ip in any DNS entry, anyone can easily find your
real servers ip then.
3. Look for subdomains manualy
You can check and WHOIS the IPs for subdomains. E.g. if www.XYZ.com and XYZ.com are both behind CloudFlare, check for popular subdomains, like:
status.XYZ.com
ns.XYZ.com
beta.XYZ.com
test.XYZ.com
forum.XYZ.com
blog.XYZ.com
admin.XYZ.com
etc..
There is some chance that they will be available directly without CloudFlare.
4. Ask
You can find a way to ask them directly. Or get such information via CloudFlare if you have a legit need to know it. (E.g. by contacting cloudflare.com/abuse as suggested by #xxdesmus).
Law enforcement officials can contact us directly at abuse+law#cloudflare.com. You must include your badge & case number when contacting us to receive a response.
The company I work for is considering some changes to our DNS. We host an internal linux BIND9 DNS for primary and secondary authoritative DNS. We are thinking of changing either to hosting our public DNS externally, or keeping the primary on-site and move the secondary to a service like Google. I know it doesn't really make sense to keep our public DNS on-site or splitting it up, but the business owners would like to consider all possible options. I have looked through the documentation on-line and have contacted Google directly, but none of the sources I have checked will tell me if Google will allow us to use their DNS service to replicate a primary DNS server housed on-site and act as a secondary DNS for our domains. Does anyone here know if this is possible, and if it is what specifics they require to make it work. Any assistance that can be offered is appreciated.
Having a name server be a secondary authoritative name server for a domain of yours requires some cooperation from the owner of that server, so the only people who can tell you for sure if Google offers that service are Google themselves.
I have about 300 domains using my company DNS ns1.x.com.br and ns1.x.com.br
I want to use CloudFlare with all those 300 domains but when I add a domain to CloudFlare they give me new DNS that I need to change in my domains.
So far I added 70 domains to CloudFlare and they gave me only 3 sets of primary and slave DNS.
So, can I point my ns1.x.com.br to the primary DNS provided by CloudFlare? And do the same with the slave?
After that I will create a ns3.x.com.br and point it to another CloudFlare DNS. Will it work?
CloudFlare works at the DNS level in this way:
You have to signup for CloudFlare and add the domain (make sure all of your DNS records are in your DNS zone file at CloudFlare).
You then change to our nameservers at the registrar.
Only our nameservers can be at the registrar.
"So, can I point my ns1.x.com.br to the primary DNS provided by CloudFlare? And do the same with the slave?
After that I will create a ns3.x.com.br and point it to another CloudFlare DNS. Will it work?"
These records should be in your CloudFlare DNS zone file for the site(s) on those nameservers. They can't be active at the registrar because only CloudFlare's nameservers can be there for our service to properly work.
Note: I'm not sure if you're providing commercial hosting for sites. If yes, you might want to look at becoming a CloudFlare Hosting Partner instead (you don't have to worry about changing nameservers).
Yes, you can. There is a possibility to add domain in the new name server first you need to know the domain secret of each domain(It's a 6 Digit pin maintained with your current DNS)Theft Protection pin also needed. Both are same in the ResellerClub.
If you are using ResellerClub means Its Really easy to change, Because it has a Bulk Domain Booking option. That have a option "add existing Domain" option.
If You have any other Problem. Or this not a exact answer you need, Then please chat with me. I will update the answer. Thank You...
One of my client has two domains names linking to a website :
Domain A
used for emails
used to access the website
Domain B
used to access the website
The problem is that the client doesn't want to let us manage the DNS of the domain A and they don't want to link it to Cloudflare (we don't really know what they want to do with the DNS of this domain). They only allow us to manage the Domain B.
Is there a way, somehow, to have the Domain B linked to Cloudflare and their Domain A linked to the Domain B which is linked to Cloudflare ? Like this, if they try to access the website from Domain A or Domain B, they both benefit of Cloudflare.
(I hope I didn't say something really stupid, DNS management and CDN are still a new concept to me - if I did, please excuse me)
"Is there a way, somehow, to have the Domain B linked to Cloudflare and their Domain A linked to the Domain B which is linked to Cloudflare ? Like this, if they try to access the website from Domain A or Domain B, they both benefit of Cloudflare."
Probably would need more details in a support ticket. Based on what I'm reading, however, you can't point a domain not on CloudFlare to one on CloudFlare (can cause DNS resolution errors).
If the client doesn't want to switch the domain to us entirely, then they could look at doing a CNAME setup.
Is there a way, somehow, to have the Domain B linked to Cloudflare
Yes, you could have Domain B on Cloudflare if you control that domain.
and their Domain A linked to the Domain B which is linked to Cloudflare ?
Technically yes, you could CNAME Domain A to Domain B, which is on Cloudflare.
However, this would likely fall afoul of:
they don't want to link it to Cloudflare
They would have to modify the DNS for Domain A to do this, and if they don't want to link that domain to Cloudflare, I don't see why they would want to CNAME it to a domain that's on Cloudflare, which will effectively have the same outcome, if a little less efficient.
I see this problem as less of a technical problem and more of a client relations problem. It sounds like you're trying to find sneaky ways of doing something the client expressly doesn't want. It sounds like the proper solution would be to have an honest talk with the client about why you believe they should use Cloudflare (sell them on its benefits) and if they are still not interested, find a solution that doesn't involve Cloudflare.
Really if both domain are in the seam server the solution is easy no cnames no complications
In config.php
'trusted_domains' =>
array (
0 => 'DomainA.com', 'DomainB.com',
In the folder of DomainB
ln -s ../path/to/owncloud mycloud
Cloudflare is a Nameserver, You can create a account and add desired Records like A, CNAME, TXT, MX.