Re: Web Edition come with DNS services?

In message <MPG.218f71a02ed456c3989743@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Leythos
<void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you're talking internal LAN DNS, then you're quite correct.

However, if you're talking about an internet facing web server, you need
some sort of DNS service too. This is very often outsourced to your
domain registrar, but there is no practical reason why you need to, if
you have a reasonably skilled DNS admin kicking around and have needs
that exceed your domain registrar's abilities, then it's a very common
and very valid setup.

As it turns out, Windows 2003 Web's DNS server is perfectly capable of
handling this role.

If you can only afford that cheap version of Windows, with limited CPU
support, then my guess is that you're not actually going to purchase a
quality firewall device, proper configuration, and you're going to cheap
out on other things. There is no reason to be running your own public
facing DNS on your Web server also - it's just another point of exposure
to be attacked.

Yes, it "Can" be done, not it's not a best practice.

Sure, that makes sense. I always spend as much money as possible when
buying licensing to ensure that I get extra features I know I won't
need. I like knowing I can install 16 CPUs, even if the hardware only
has one socket, and having support for 8GB of RAM even though the
intended application will run fine on 1GB-2GB of RAM, and that's all we
intend to install.

Is it a good solution for everyone? Obviously not. However, if you're
only running a small to medium web server, and don't need to exceed the
CPU, RAM, or other licensing restrictions, Windows 2003 Web is a
fantastic product.

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