Re: Split Brain DNS setup

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From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:44:41 -0400

In news:%23N410pkWEHA.1000@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
Adam Marx <AdamMarx@WebAJM.com> posted their thoughts, then I offered mine
> I have 2 DNS servers running, my first is "DNS1.Hostname.com" and is
> public containing my WWW, FTP, etc. My second DNS server
> "Local.Hostname.com" it is a domain controller and is a fresh install.
>
> I'm not sure what records I need to enter in the "Local.hostname.com"
> DNS. From what I've read I need to enter a copy of my "Hostname.com"
> zone but I'm not sure why and what records would I then need to add
> after that, WWW, FTP, etc.? would they point to my DNS1.Hostname.com
> DNS server or to the internet?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> AJM,

That6's all you really need, www and ftp. If mail is hosted externally, then
you need a mail record, whatever your mail server name is. If mail is hosted
internally, then no mail record is needed.

More info
Split zone or split horizon
http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/39771/39771.html
http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/whitepapers/split_dns.asp
http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/dns-split-horizon.html#SeparateContentServers 

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