* Stephen Marley: > 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.
Eh, I didn't know this was a hot topic - I am by no mean a DNS expert, I just know barely enough to have it work for my very limited needs. I read about the issue. Right now I am confused - I guess I'll have to investigate a little more, sit back and decide if I continue using my ISP nameservers as forwarders. Thanks to everybody for your input.
