Primary DNS server
Bryan Irvine
sparctacus at gmail.com
Sun Nov 9 08:20:58 UTC 2008
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 7:12 PM, <denise.brisson at hrsdc-rhdsc.gc.ca> wrote:
> We are re-evaluating the way our DNS server are set-up. We currently have one primary and one slave DNS server. Each of them can resolve any domain names that they are authoritative for (approx 175 domain names).
>
> I'm wondering if it is possible to only have the slave servers (2 or 3 of them) answering all queries and leaving the primary out of it.
>
> Is it safe to do this type of set-up. Any advise appreciated.
It's safe common and often even recommended. Even has a name. Look
up 'hidden master'.
-B
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