Re: HELP/heterogenous/multiple domains/split dns

From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/22/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:53:54 -0400

In news:c1.01.2tC3JY$5AJ@J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost,
Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard@Tesco.NET> made a post then I
commented below
> > a.. In each child domain's DNS server(s) individually create a
>> forwarder back to one of the DNS servers in domain.com ... if you
>> don't mind all DNS traffic that deals with other people's domain
>> names to flow through a single point of failure.

>If you do mind,
> use a stub "zone" instead, thus permitting each of the "child" DNS
> servers to perform query resolution locally themselves.
>

A stub zone is the method of choice over delegation, but the organization is
in a mixed environment, W2k and W2k3, hence why I suggested using
delegation. Once all DNS servers are W2k3, then I agree, it's best to
configure stub zones.

Ace

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