DNS hierarchy & configuration

[Kevin Darcy]

stefan.wiederoder at kaufland.de wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I=B4m planning to implement an internal DNS-Setup similar to the
> internet, with
> rootservers (tier 1) and nameservers responsible for the countries
> (tier 2) and finally nameservers for locations (tier 3), there=B4ll be
> no connections to the
> internet.
>
> So I=B4ll have to create a hints-file for the root-servers, and the
> root-servers which will point to the nameservers on tier-2
> (responsible for "de", "pl" ..).
> Do I=B4ve to deploy the hints-file also on the nameservers on tier-2 or
> tier-3 ?

Use the hints file on *all* nameservers which aren't authoritative for
the root zone.

> I=B4m just inexperienced on how to configure forwarding (when
> neccessary) ...

Why do you need to use forwarding at all? Are some of your clients
behind internal firewalls?


- Kevin