Getting the name servers

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Netlify offers a fantastic name server service for free. Unless you have special DNS requirements you will find that using Netlify name servers to be easier than using your registrar’s name servers or third-party name servers.

Results when using Netlify name servers

|===================== whois name server(s) for ====================
| ------------------------ gregraven.org ------------------------
Updated Date: 2019-10-21T12:43:00.00Z
Name Server: dns1.p08.nsone.net
Name Server: dns2.p08.nsone.net
Name Server: dns3.p08.nsone.net
Name Server: dns4.p08.nsone.net
|================================================================

|===================== dig name server(s) for ===================
| ------------------------ gregraven.org ------------------------
| ------------------- should agree with whois -------------------
dns4.p08.nsone.net.
dns1.p08.nsone.net.
dns2.p08.nsone.net.
dns3.p08.nsone.net.

| ---------------------- www.gregraven.org ----------------------
| ------------ blank if pointing to the apex domain -------------
| ------------------ in the Netlify dashboard -------------------
|================================================================

Results when using other name servers

|===================== whois name server for ====================
| ------------------------ greg-raven.us ------------------------
Updated Date: 2020-10-04T19:54:21Z
Name Server: dns2.registrar-servers.com
Name Server: dns1.registrar-servers.com
|================================================================

|===================== dig name server(s) for ===================
| ------------------------ greg-raven.us ------------------------
| ------------------- should agree with whois -------------------
dns1.registrar-servers.com.
dns2.registrar-servers.com.

| ---------------------- www.greg-raven.us ----------------------
| ------------ blank if pointing to the apex domain -------------
| ------------------ in the Netlify dashboard -------------------
netlify-pilot.netlify.app.
|================================================================

Note

1. whois results are not considered authoritative, while dig results usually are. However, after your DNS changes propagate, your whois results should match your dig results. Finally, the only time dig results are not authoritative is when your DNS changes have not yet fully propagated, such that different authoritative name servers are returning different results for your website.