On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 04:52 +0200, Uri Even-Chen wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> I'm running a DNS server using BIND ... I want to know how do I configure
> BIND to try
> F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET first, or is that done automatically?
>
> By the way, maybe using my ISP (Netvision)'s DNS servers is better? I
> don't know. I have some domain names which are configured locally,
> but maybe I should redirect root server queries to Netvision's
> servers? Would it be faster? And how do I do that?
What are you using a name server for ?
* If you are using a name server to provide DNS services to your own
local network, then you better reference the main root servers.
* If you are using a name server to cache DNS queries for local
processes ("caching name server") then you should forward all real
requests to your ISP's DNS - same as what a regular process would do.
* If you are using a name server to host a domain (an "authoritative
name server"), then you shouldn't have your name server do external
queries as all, so it doesn't matter how you are not resolving outside
addresses.
> When I have a domain, is it OK if all the domain name servers are
> located in Israel? Or would it be better if I would also have name
> servers in other countries?
Its not important - ISP domain name server will cache results from your
server and allow local users to get answers immediately.
> P.S. How do I check which version of BIND I'm using?
I usually do rpm -q bind, why ? what do you do ?
--
Oded
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