If faculty want a non-Cornell domain name, they will usually just use a 3rd party domain registrar. This page contains a few services recommended by others on campus. |
Here are the recommended domain name registrar services thanks to responses from campus IT Support Providers in January 2016, sorted by Oliver's preference based on his quick look-see:
https://www.hover.com/
https://www.namecheap.com/
https://www.dreamhost.com/
https://www.easydns.com/ (what I've used, FWIW, but seems expensive for what you get)
http://icdsoft.com/
https://www.godaddy.com/
All offer services beyond registration.
There are (appropriate) hoops to jump through to procure Cornell-based DNS services, and this option is usually only worth doing if it's a Cornell resource needing a non-Cornell domain name, as far as Oliver can tell. Should be a really, really rare need!
So at least in some circumstances CIT can serve DNS service provider for a non-Cornell domain. This relates to:
Operationally, this would allow a Cornell-provisioned service, such as CU Blogs, to have the non-Cornell domain name show up persistently in the URL when navigating the web site. Normally just use the non-Cornell domain name to get to that said web site, at which point the web site sports the Cornell-based domain name.
Note: The registrar must still be retained from a third-party domain name registrar.