Only these centrally maintained DNS servers are authoritative for the ilstu.edu domain. Departmentally maintained DNS servers cannot perform zone transfers with the centrally maintained DNS servers. As a result, departmental DNS servers do not offer any benefits to an end user over centrally maintained servers. Departments may not construct or maintain DNS servers. Constructing DNS servers are in violation of the standards defined within this document and the Appropriate Use Policy.
Many organizations own Internet domain names that describe the primary services that they offer.
At this time, the ilstu.edu is the default domain name. High profile public hosts should reside within the illinoisstate.edu domain. Departments may not request an external domain on their own. However, TNSS can obtain additional Internet domains if a server that will reside within the University IP address space needs to be placed in a namespace that is not just affiliated with Illinois State. An example of such a domain is itransfer.org .