does zone trump forward?

[Jonathan Reed]

>
> But then I just hate forwards. Burned 1000x times, lesson learned :)


What are you referring to? Why are forwards such a bad idea?


On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Dave Warren <davew at hireahit.com> wrote:

>  On 2013-06-04 06:42, Alan Shackelford wrote:
>
> We have 2843 authoritative zones. We run a split brain DNS. The new
> hospitals and other entities need to see our internal zone view once they
> have “joined”. So I have them forward queries during the early stages of
> the merger, until I can get control of their DNS and make appropriate
> changes. There are fatherhood issues and all manner of ego problems
> involved in absorbing someone else’s DNS. This step provides a workable
> solution in the very first stages. Then I make them slaves, with a
> reasonable expire time, to give them a copy of the data locally.
>
>
> To me, it sounds like changing these steps by moving directly to using
> slave zones would fix the issue, no? Is there any particular need to start
> with forwarding rather slaving right from the start?
>
> I realize there are egos, but "Connect our network to yours" includes
> things like routing and DNS. You're not taking over their territory just
> yet, just adding yours to theirs.
>
> Politics aside, it solves the technical issues without butchering DNS or
> adding excessive unreliability.
>
> But then I just hate forwards. Burned 1000x times, lesson learned :)
>
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> Dave Warrenhttp://www.hireahit.com/http://ca.linkedin.com/in/davejwarren
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