Re: dns firewalls and mx records for internally hosted domains
Yes - but iirc the initial need to run 2 name servers was to offer 2
views. Using bind9 serving internal and external one one name server
(and a secondary slave perhaps) should provide the require results.
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 09:21, Siraj 'Sid' Rakhada wrote:
> --On Wednesday, June 9, 2004 8:42 am +0100 Andrew Porter
> <andy@defsdoor.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 01:14, hanasaki wrote:
> >> Hi, no mx records are in the internal server. I need to leverage the
> >> external dns as much as possible. It is a real pain to keep the two
> >> synchronized with diff IPs for the same hosts and mx's.
> >
> > I am led to believe that bind 9 has this sort of functionality built in
> > (though I have not tried it myself)
>
> I believe you are talking about bind 'views'. For that you will still
> require to keep DNS up to date, and separate out the internal and external
> records/zones I thought? The only gain you have is that you only have to
> run one DNS server?
>
> Sid
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