All name servers on one segment?

[Brad Knowles]

At 11:03 AM +0000 5/7/01, Kenneth Porter wrote:

>  Given the recent DNS attack on Microsoft, does it make sense for a large
>  site to have all its name servers on one segment?

	Nope, that's a particularly bad idea -- even if they do have 
multiple redundant paths into the network, etc....

>  For an economy hosting service, HostPro has done a pretty good job for me.
>  Their handling of DNS leaves me a bit less than confident, though. Are my
>  concerns misplaced?

	IMO, no.  You are quite right to be concerned about these things.

	If you have control over your own domain (it's just that HostPro 
is providing the facilities), then you may want to consider signing 
up for a secondary nameservice, such as provided by 
Nominum/secondary.com -- For the first five domains and/or 100 
records, their basic service is free.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles at skynet.be>

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