Moving DNS server

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> 
> Hi,
>   I am running Bind on a Linux box on my home LAN.  I am using a DSL
> account with 2 fixed IPs.  I am serving as the primary DNS server for
> my multiple domains and secondary.com is serving as secondary. 
> Everything is running perfectly.  The problem is that I will be moving
> sometime soon.  This means that I will lose Internet connectivity for
> a bit and thus am trying to figure out to deal with DNS.  I have a
> second Linux box ready to go to take over primary DNS, but
> unfortunately none of my friends broadband accounts have fixed IPs
> thus making DNS hosting impossible.
> 
>   One idea is that I could just take down my DNS and let Secondary.com
> handle the load until I am back up.  Is this a reasonable idea?  The
> other idea I have is to move DNS hosting to a web based provider such
> as ZoneEdit or Granite Canyon and just use those guys as primary
> temporarily while I move.  I am certain that this is a better idea,
> but it looks to be a bit of a pain and to be honest, I don't really
> trust any of these services.  Has anyone used any of them and had good
> luck?  (At a reasonable price)  Finally, the ideal solution is to use
> my secondary Linux box to run DNS.  The problem remains about not
> having a fixed IP.  Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions about how
> to make this work?  Are there any other clear options that I have not
> thought of?
> 
> TIA
> 
> JL
> 
	Just set your expire, refresh and retry fields to a large values and
	let the secondaries keep the zone alive.

	refesh/expire 1 day so the the secondaries don't waste resources
	refreshing.
	expire to several months.

	Mark
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