Unregistered local domain yet internet access?

[Michael Voight]

Barry Margolin wrote:
> 
> In article <37704B53.B47D3C25 at mediaone.net>,
> Michael C. Cambria <cambria at mediaone.net> wrote:
> >My cable provider will not let me register a domain name (at least not
> >yet.)  Is it possible to use an unregistered domain for internal
> >connections (e.g. local web access, inter LAN email) yet also allow
> >systems on the LAN go to the cable DNS server for non-local names?
> >(Preferably running BIND on one machine)
> 
> Why do you need to go to the cable DNS server?  If you run BIND on your
> machine it can go to the root DNS servers all by itself.  But if you really
> want to go to the cable DNS server, use the "forwarders" option in your
> named configuration.
> 

Many ISP's require forwarding to their DNS server and will NOT allow
direct access to root because it increases traffic.

Michael