Newbie dns question

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cc47pe$2ure$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Ricki." <rnarine at suninternetservices.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have to setup a secondary dns server for our company.
> Can you configure any machine to operate as a dns server for domains, or do
> you need to register a dns server for this?

Any machine can be a slave server.  You only need to update the 
registration if you want to advertise the server's existence to the rest 
of the Internet.  If this is going to be a "stealth slave" that's just 
used internally, it doesn't need to be advertised at all.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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