How should I configure internal and external DNS servers

Marco M. mm at dorfdsl.de
Sat Nov 4 20:39:09 UTC 2023


Am 04.11.2023 um 19:41:44 Uhr schrieb Nick Howitt via bind-users:

> Thanks for the reply. Interesting.
> Option A - It works but I would like to stop maintaining two
> different servers with the same data.
> Option B - I have no chance of getting the company to agree to IPv6.

Then you are in a stonehenge company. Tell them about the problem and
that relying on IPv4 creates additional work.
My recommendation: Let the people who refuse IPv6 do the DNS work if
possible. :-)

> Option G - Yes it would be trivial with DNSMasq internally. I don't 
> think I have any chance of pushing this through. Also DNSMasq does
> not support replication (but it could be scripted).

Is it possible to use dnsmasq as the master (does it support zone
transfer?) and bind as a slave?


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