2 DNS machines

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 04:01:30PM +0100, Sjoerd wrote:
> I've 1 DNS machine running at the moment, which I want to replace with
> another.
> Since the new firewall/DNS is a complete different machine (Linux with
> bind 8.x) than the other (FreeBSD with bind 4.x, I first want to test it
> out before switching.
> Is it possible, whithout disturbing the internet/intranet, to have 2
> DNS's running at the same time? Do I have to turn notify off on the new
> one when trying it out (probably yes)?
> 
> Sjoerd

If no parent server is delegating any domains to your new server, then
it can certainly run without disrupting anything, because nobody will
ever refer to it.  [How do you think developers get new versions
tested?  ;-)]

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