Parent and Child zone question

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Mon May 13 22:25:07 UTC 2002


phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote:

> Cinense, Mark <macinen at sandia.gov> wrote:
>
> > Can someone answer this for me?  I was asked if we physically had one
> > machine, and our one nameserver is parent to a zone.  Could we then create
> > child zones, and use the same nameserver to also be primary for the child
> > zones?
>
> Yes.
>   It seems logical that it could be done, but wanted to get a second
> > opinion.  We want to use the child domains for DDNS and Active Directory.
>
> It's the best way to deal with AD, place them in a sub-zone and
> keep your importent stuff at toplevel.

A *better* way to deal with AD is to register a completely different,
generic-sounding domain (e.g. corpdir.net) and use that exclusively for AD,
segregating it completely from the regular namespace.

The *best* way to deal with AD is to not use it at all (IMO).


- Kevin




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