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External / Internal DNS
Name: Minus Human Date: July 5, 2004 at 02:05:44 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
Hi Guys,
I need to setup external DNS for our university as a test moving our current DNS from NT4 to 2003. If all goes well the 2003 box will replace NT4.
I'm not that familiar with the relationship between External DNS and internal DNS and would appreciate if someone could give some " best practices" and how these 2 work together aswell as some info on setting this up.
i've been looking for documentation all over the net to clear up this issue but i haven't been able to find anything solid yet.
Name: Curt R Date: July 5, 2004 at 05:04:39 Pacific
Reply:
Well, as a normal course of action, one would configure a DNS server for the internal zone (network) to handle all internal requests. Then, you would enable forwarding outside your internal zone to handle the requests that are outside the zone (ie: on the internet).
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Response Number 2
Name: Minus Human Date: July 5, 2004 at 06:39:02 Pacific
Reply:
I have found some information suggesting that placing your External DNS ( i this case 2003 server) outside your firewall is this a good idea
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Response Number 3
Name: briantech Date: July 8, 2004 at 06:40:58 Pacific
Reply:
thats right, but setup a DMZ for your ext DNS server
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