BIND and DNS...can I do this?

[tnaves at linkwest.net]

Jason:

I just setup the same scenario that you want and it works great.  My isp
does dns for all my public servers.  I do all the dns for my internal
servers, my publichost for internal users and for Internet hosts.  You
just have to be able to do dns lookups to the root server via the "hints
file" on your internal dns.

Regards,

Tom


On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Jason wrote:

> There is no hiding in the fact that I am new to both BIND and DNS. That 
> much is true. But, im looking to build my knowledge of both as quickly 
> as I can.
> 
> I wanted to ask a few questions about DNS setup in general and if I can 
> a few things im considering. A little background at the moment.
> 
> Currently, we are using our ISP's DNS server for all our information: 
> pop, smtp, mail, www etc. My plans are to host our hown DNS server down 
> the road.
> 
> In the meantime, i've setup a few internal web servers on our company 
> intranet and what I want to do now, is setup a DNS server inside our 
> network and create zone records to point to these web servers for our users.
> 
> Let's say that my domain is: hotair.com  :)
> 
> Is it possible, to setup a BIND server on our private LAN, that can have 
> a zone for hotair.com and I can add hosts for the web servers that I 
> have recently put up? Like, web1.hotair.com or web5.hotair.com.
> 
> I know it is possible, but my question is, if I do setup a zone for 
> hotair.com on my DNS server and being that my ISP is hosting a dns zone 
> for hotair.com (that contains smtp, pop, mail etc.) will that cause 
> complications?
> 
> The other idea I have is adding a private name, like 
> internal.hotair.com, but i'd prefer to keep names short, if possible.
> 
> I appreciate the help.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
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