From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Feb 12 15:21:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from bsdie.rwsystems.net (bsdie.rwsystems.net [209.197.223.2]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06573E9F for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:21:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsdie.rwsystems.net([209.197.223.2]) (2177 bytes) by bsdie.rwsystems.net via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:bind_hosts/T:inet_zone_bind_smtp (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 17:19:14 -0600 (CST) (Smail-3.2.0.106 1999-Mar-31 #1 built 1999-Aug-7) Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 17:19:14 -0600 (CST) From: James Wyatt To: wellsian Cc: Gene Harris , "David A. Gobeille" , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DSL firewall and DNS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You aren't misrepresenting anything... You are listing the server folks should use most often (primary choice, not DNS master) and what to fall back on if it's too slow (dead = really too slow). Think of it as three nameservers, the most reachable two of which are listed. Now if someone asks you under oath who is master and slave, you should be careful - Jy@ On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, wellsian wrote: > This is exactly what I've wanted to do for a couple installations, but I > haven't felt secure about misrepresenting the primary/secondary > relationship. Are there any technical reasons not to do what James > suggests? > > On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, James Wyatt wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Gene Harris answered David A. Gobeille's DSL/DNS > > questions with: > > [ ... ] > > > Now that I have a better idea about your service, you'll be > > > a lot better off letting the isp be your 2nd DNS server. > > > That way, if your machine blows up, folks can still view > > > your web site, send you email, etc. > > > > Or have your ISP secondary from your primary DNS server on your DSL and > > put their servers on the InterNic records... You will also have fewer > > folks trying to hack your primary DNS server when it isn't listed. 8{) > > > > It lets you update easily while providing more reliable and faster DNS > > host. (Not to knock your host, but the link adds a hop or two, a dozen or > > so mS, and more pieces) Always reduce the path to DNS servers... - Jy@ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message