Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 09:08:02 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, rayseals@midwestis.com Subject: Re: Proper DNS configuration Message-ID: <199811191708.JAA12218@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <001501be13de$7cf74580$1a1e10ac@rseals.midwestis.com>
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>From: "Ray Seals" <rayseals@midwestis.com> >Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:03:11 -0600 >I would like to setup an internal FreeBSD DNS server for my Cisco routers. OK.... >When I setup the DNS server should it be a primary or a secondary server? Well, on which machine do you intend to update the zone files? That machine will be primary for those zones. Other authoritative nameservers for those zones should be secondaries (or "slaves," using BIND 8 terminology). >It will not update an outside (Internet) server By this, do you mean that the proposed nameserver should neither receive nor respond to queries from outside? >nor should it receive information from the outside. That sounds as if you want it to be ignorant of the outside world. You can do that, though I'm unclear on why you might want to do so. Indeed, in my experience, it's good to have such a nameserver use an externally-visible nameserver as a "forwarder," and permit this nameserver to build up a cache. Especially if the initernal nameserver won't be doing much else, it may as well build up a cache & satisy as many DNS requests as it can -- sounds to me as if it will be bored silly most of the time anyway. >Any hints or suggestion on the proper procedures, etc. will be appreciated. Albitz & Liu, _DNS and BIND_ (O'Reilly & Assoc.) is now in its 3rd edition. Good source for such information. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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