sub-domain setup

[Tony Finch]

Dan McDaniel <dan at dm3.us> wrote:
>
> I'm setting up a new DNS server. We have two offices linked by a VPN.
> I'm trying to decide whether to have everything under a single domain
> (example.com) or to split them into sub-domains (office1.example.com,
> office2.example.com).

If your DNS is mostly static and your cross-site network is not strictly
subdivided, it's probably easier to have a single master that slaved at
the secondary site. If you have dynamic DNS (e.g. DHCP for office
computers) each site should have a local DHCP+DNS setup with a master zone
for that site. Whether each site slave's the other's zone probably depends
on how strict are the firewalls between the sites.

Tony.
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