stoopid question - split dns

[Kevin Darcy]

Kelly Scroggins wrote:

> I'm sorry for the basic question but I'm a little confused.
>
> system : Red Hat 6.1
> bind   : bind 8.2 ....
>
> I have the 'outside' name server (with the limited database) set up as a
> slave and it is not allowed to transfer data from the master.  Because I
> don't want the entire world to see the internal network information.
> According to the logs (/var/log/messages), all zone files are loading
> without errors.
>
> When setting up a split dns ... does the name server on the 'outside'
> (that's the one with the limited database) have to be the master?  Can
> it be the slave?
>
> If it's the slave, then the zone info would expire?  And if it expires,
> are the db files deleted from the system?
>
> What have I mis-understood?

The db files aren't deleted, but the server will stop answering
authoritatively when the zone expires. This can conceivably cause problems
with other nameservers.

What do you hope to achieve by defining it as a slave instead of a master?
A master file is where you maintain original zone data. That's what you're
doing here, presumably, so why not just say what you mean?


- Kevin