Re: Recursive VS Open DNS

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"Bob Dole" <BD@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good answers but I still don't get it. Do I have to have 2 DNS servers
then?

Perhaps, but in general for a small Internet presence (anyone asking this
question or struggling with the issue) you really SHOULD have your
PUBLIC DNS handled by the REGISTRAR (GoDaddy, Register.com etc.)

You shouldn't be running it yourself for the reason you have seen and
also because technically it is an Internet "Business Rule" that you have
(at least) TWO PUBLIC servers anyway -- which makes 3 or 4 as
the minimum.

The registrar will give you the 2 public ones for free in almost all cases
and let you manage YOUR settings in a nice web interface.

One to be authoritative for my websites, email server and then another to
be recursive for my internal network?

Yes. You run the internal ones, let the Registrar provide the external
ones.

I have looked for a DNS layout/design setup but can't find one anywhere.
I'm getting ready to switch to a Windows 2003 network so I would like to
set it up correctly.

Right now my clients have their primary DNS setting pointing to my
Authoritative DNS server (which is set to be NOT recursive) so that really
doesn't make any sense at all because the clients are really get the
recursive lookup from the secondary DNS setting.

It really looks like I need 4 DNS servers. 2 to be authoritative for my
websites, email server. And then 2 to be my internal Primary and
Secondary DNS that I set my clients to use. So these will be recursive
and Open. Is that what I have to do???


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