> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damian James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 10 August 2000 11:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Split DNS
>
>
> Hi,
>
> At 10:39 AM 10/08/2000 +0930, Ben Nagy wrote:
>
> >Whenever you change an _external_ record, add a server etc
> etc you need to
> >update two DNS servers. That's life.
>
> You shouldn't even need to do this, if the internal DNS is set up to
> forward (external/public) queries to the external DNS.
>
That's true only if you have different domains for in and out (eg
xyzcorp-in.com and xyzcorp.com).
"Normal" split DNS uses the same zone name. When you look up
www.xyzcorp.com, the internal server is authoritative for that zone and will
NOT forward the query.
But we quibble over terms. ;)
Cheers,
--
Ben Nagy
Network Consultant, Volante Solutions
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