Internal roots and forwarding.

[James Hall-Kenney]

Hi all,

The following is a quote from an earlier post:

"While specifics vary, the key thing to keep in mind is that
forwarders and internal roots are mutually exclusive configurations.
A root server believes it is authoritative for anything
(either directly or with a delegation).  There is no
such thing as a better server (forwarder).  If your current
setup revolves around forwarders, a change to internal roots will
likely impact a lot more than just the DNS."

Is this the case?  We would like to forward requests for specific external
zones to an internet aware name server.  We are using internal root servers.
Is this possible?  I have tried creating some forward only zones on the
8.2.1 servers but it doesn't appear to work.

I guess I'm looking for a 3rd opinion.

TIA

J.