can I set the second nameserver to a public dns cache?
Eivind Olsen
eivind at aminor.no
Mon Mar 28 12:49:30 UTC 2011
> Hello,
> I have only one nameserver for a domain.
> Can I set the second nameserver for this domain to a public dns cache?
> for example:
> abc.com. IN NS ns1.abc.com.
> abc.com. IN NS ns2.abc.com.
> ns2.abc.com. IN A 8.8.8.8 # 8.8.8.8 is google's public dns server
No. Don't do that. A cache/resolver is not the same as an authoritative
server. For example, it will not flag the cache contents as being
authoritative (the AA flag).
Get a proper secondary/slave nameserver somewhere, it doesn't need to be
costly.
Regards
Eivind Olsen
eivind at aminor.no
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