Root Hints or Forwarding - Design Question

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Jeff LoSpinoso <lospinoj at toysrus.com> wrote:

> We have are deploying DNS servers to all of our worldwide head
> offices. The intention is for each DNS server to provide stand-alone
> internal resolution, that is it will run a copy of all internally used
> zones.

> For external internet resolution, some seem to think that we should
> configure each DNS server to forward to its local ISP's DNS servers,
> others feel that it's best to not use forwarding and allow the
> Root-Hints to work its magic.

> Any arguments either way would be appreciated.

That really depends on the actual network setup. For an estimation
one should have more information. 

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