Re: [Nolug] company dns on internet / not linux but...

John Kosta wrote:

Google for bind 9 views. You can have bind present different zone info
based on where queries are coming from. consider using your ISPs
provided nameservers as forwarders for recursive info. Answer
authoritative zone details yourself for internal records. Your internal
DNS traffic shouldn't put that much of a load on your VPN links,
particularly if hosts are largely static and your zone records have long
TTLs

> John Souvestre wrote:
>
>> Hi John.
>>
>> How about putting a DNS Server at your Hub office and just pointing
>> the branch
>> offices to it?
>>
>> John
>
>
> Via internet (open DNS up to the public?) Or private network?
>
>
> If Private:
>
> If I put it in the hub only, then the problem is if that connection is
> down, my clients in other offices can't see anything (private or
> internet locations), nor can they get to my back-door external
> internet access point, since they won't be able to find the server (no
> DNS to give them the answer).
>
> Their Internet backup connection doesn't do them any good.
>
> Right?
>
> If via internet, then yes, I could do that. I just don't want another
> server to maintain and worry about.
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> John Souvestre - Southern Star - (504) 888-3348 - www.sstar.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-nolug@redfishnetworks.com
>> [mailto:owner-nolug@redfishnetworks.com]
>> On Behalf Of John Kosta
>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:50 PM
>> To: nolug@nolug.org
>> Subject: [Nolug] company dns on internet / not linux but...
>>
>> Guys and Gals,
>>
>> how would you tackle this?
>>
>> Hub office = New Orleans
>> Spoke offices = all over the place
>>
>> Remote offices connect to New Orleans via Point to Point T1s, and
>> have internet backup.
>>
>> I don't want to put DNS servers in the remote offices, and I don't
>> want to pass DNS traffic over the T1s. If the T1s go down, I want my
>> users to access New Orleans hub via the internet.
>>
>> Do you know of/can you recommend /is this a horrible/good idea?: Is
>> there a DNS company/service that will allow me to export my DNS
>> settings from New Orleans hub to the internet that I can point all my
>> clients to that will have both my company specific DNS answers, and
>> world wide DNS answers?
>>
>> So, I set all clients to get their DNS answers from:
>>
>> ns1.someisp.com
>>
>> They want yahoo, they get yahoo's public IP address.
>>
>> They ask for privatemailserver.atmycomany.com they get the private
>> internal ip address.
>>
>> How do other people handle this type of situation?
>>
>> Thanks for any advise.
>>
>> --John
>>
>>
>>
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