Secondary DNS setup local/public

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Happy Thanksgiving

I've decided to go with a local DNS and a public DNS in my network and have a few questions. Currently I am running my public DNS and local DNS together on 1 server and it has been pointed out that is not the correct way to operate. So I want to change and do things the correct way

From a clean install on the second server

Do I join my new DNS server to the domain? or is it a stand alone?
What is it's designation in the scheme of "trees" and "forests"
Will this new DNS server be a domain controller
Will this new DNS server use AD
How do I verify that the new DNS server is a secondary?
How do I make sure the new DNS talks to the primary DNS server and updates it's records? or does it need to since it's local
 
In
Adam Marx said:
Happy Thanksgiving!

I've decided to go with a local DNS and a public DNS in my network
and have a few questions. Currently I am running my public DNS and
local DNS together on 1 server and it has been pointed out that is
not the correct way to operate. So I want to change and do things the
correct way.

From a clean install on the second server:

Do I join my new DNS server to the domain? or is it a stand alone?
Click to expand...

Stand alone is fine. No need to be anything else, after all it's being
exposed to the Internet and you want to minimize it's profile.
What is it's designation in the scheme of "trees" and "forests"?
Click to expand...

That's an AD term. SInce this will be a stand alone, this would not apply.
Will this new DNS server be a domain controller?
No.

Will this new DNS server use AD?
Click to expand...

Same question as the previous one. No.
How do I verify that the new DNS server is a secondary?
Click to expand...

Terminology is incorrect. No such thing as a "Secondary DNS Server".
However, any server can host a "Secondary Zone", which is just a read copy
of a Primary zone hosted on anohter machine.

That being said, if you're using this just to host public records, why would
it host a Secondary zone? Seconary of what?
How do I make sure the new DNS talks to the primary DNS server and
updates it's records?
Click to expand...

No need to if just using it to host public records.
or does it need to since it's local?
Click to expand...

No. Your internal machines will ONLY point to the "private" DNS for AD and
such. I believe I or someone else already explained that to you in a
previous post. No need to use this "external" server, since it's main
purpose is only for queries coming from Internet users.



--
Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
Back
Top