> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stephen Marley > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: getting dhclient to update bind forwarders IPs > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 09:38:43AM -0400, Will H. Backman wrote: > > > For the other part, if you're running your own nameserver, > > > why would you want to use forwarders at all? > > > > The use of forwarders is a good thing. It reduces the load on the root > > servers, and your DNS server gets to use closer servers that may already > > have the answer. > > Actually, in most circumstances the use of forwarders is considered a > bad thing by many DNS experts. See USENET comp.protocols.dns.bind for > the arguments. > > -- > Stephen
For the benefits of those who would like to read a good argument without searching the archives: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/browse_threa d/thread/dd040ffb4edaf061/6eaff076e961d4c2?q=forwarders&rnum=191#6eaff07 6e961d4c2
