2 zone files for one domain?

[Kevin Darcy]

Barry Margolin wrote:

>In article <dkp6b0$2cog$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
> Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
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>>Barry Margolin wrote:
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>>>In article <dko6bk$p4c$1 at sf1.isc.org>, "silijim" <starr.jim at gmail.com> 
>>>wrote:
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>>>>How can I set up a BIND server (on a RHEL AS 4.1 system) so that I can
>>>>have additional entries for a zone that is mastered on another
>>>>computer?
>>>>
>>>>I have no control over the my company's DNS server but I would like to
>>>>set up server that would provide additional name records for a single
>>>>domain (the guy who runs the DNS won't update it with new names that I
>>>>would like to have).  I do have control over the clients and can point
>>>>them to my server instead of his but I still need his server's data.
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>>Right, but be aware that, as *undelegated* subzones, any given resolver 
>>will be unable to resolve these unless it is explicitly configured to 
>>know about them. This implies defining each one as 
>>master/slave/stub/forward on each caching nameserver/resolver that needs 
>>resolution of them.
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>The OP specifically said that he was going to do this.  See the last 
>sentence of his post that I quoted above.
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The OP implied that he had only one nameserver serving his clients right 
now. My comment was directed more towards a potential future, where he 
might want to add more nameservers. Keeping all of those definitions in 
sync for all of those zones across multiple nameservers may prove to be 
rather challenging...

                                                                         
                                                      - Kevin