Newbie dns question

[Ricki.]

Thanks Barry,
This is where I am a bit unclear,
how do i update the server's registration to advertise the server's
existence.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Margolin" <barmar at alum.mit.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.dns.bind
To: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie dns question


> 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.
>
> -- 
> Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
> *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***