My own (personal) rule has been: If the DNS server can reach outside, then no forwarding If the DNS server is behind something that makes it impossible (undesirable) for it to communicate with the outside world, use a Forwarder. Of course, that's MY rule. By the way, there are configurations that don't use the Root-hints and don't forward at all. But this is for another conversation. Sincerely,
D�j� Ak�m�l�f�, MCSE MCSA MCP+I Microsoft MVP - Active Directory www.akomolafe.com www.iyaburo.com Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about Yesterday? -anon ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Rimmerman, Russ Sent: Tue 4/27/2004 9:25 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS Configuration question Do you all forward your Windows 2000 DNS requests to your ISP/bandwidth provider's DNS server for external lookups or do you have the root hints on your internal DNS servers and let them do external lookups themselves? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This e-mail is confidential, may contain proprietary information of the Cooper Cameron Corporation and its operating Divisions and may be confidential or privileged. This e-mail should be read, copied, disseminated and/or used only by the addressee. If you have received this message in error please delete it, together with any attachments, from your system. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
