Internal roots and forwarding.

[kevinm at crt.com]

James,

 If the DNS server that your clients point to is NOT the same server as you
root servers then you should be able to do this.  I do so now where I've got
my hints file setup w/ the actual Internet root servers and I forward any
internal zones that I need to resolve to an internal root server.  Works
like a charm ( for me at least ).  I'm also running 8.2.1 on both Sun and
HP.

Kevin Martin
Firewall/DNS/SMTP/Network Admin.
kevinm at crt.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Hall-Kenney [mailto:JHall at sytec.co.nz]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 5:18 PM
> To: 'bind-users at isc.org'
> Subject: Internal roots and forwarding.
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> The following is a quote from an earlier post:
> 
> "While specifics vary, the key thing to keep in mind is that
> forwarders and internal roots are mutually exclusive configurations.
> A root server believes it is authoritative for anything
> (either directly or with a delegation).  There is no
> such thing as a better server (forwarder).  If your current
> setup revolves around forwarders, a change to internal roots will
> likely impact a lot more than just the DNS."
> 
> Is this the case?  We would like to forward requests for 
> specific external
> zones to an internet aware name server.  We are using 
> internal root servers.
> Is this possible?  I have tried creating some forward only 
> zones on the
> 8.2.1 servers but it doesn't appear to work.
> 
> I guess I'm looking for a 3rd opinion.
> 
> TIA
> 
> J.
> 
> 
>