> > But then I just hate forwards. Burned 1000x times, lesson learned :)
What are you referring to? Why are forwards such a bad idea? On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Dave Warren <da...@hireahit.com> wrote: > On 2013-06-04 06:42, Alan Shackelford wrote: > > We have 2843 authoritative zones. We run a split brain DNS. The new > hospitals and other entities need to see our internal zone view once they > have “joined”. So I have them forward queries during the early stages of > the merger, until I can get control of their DNS and make appropriate > changes. There are fatherhood issues and all manner of ego problems > involved in absorbing someone else’s DNS. This step provides a workable > solution in the very first stages. Then I make them slaves, with a > reasonable expire time, to give them a copy of the data locally. > > > To me, it sounds like changing these steps by moving directly to using > slave zones would fix the issue, no? Is there any particular need to start > with forwarding rather slaving right from the start? > > I realize there are egos, but "Connect our network to yours" includes > things like routing and DNS. You're not taking over their territory just > yet, just adding yours to theirs. > > Politics aside, it solves the technical issues without butchering DNS or > adding excessive unreliability. > > But then I just hate forwards. Burned 1000x times, lesson learned :) > > -- > Dave Warrenhttp://www.hireahit.com/http://ca.linkedin.com/in/davejwarren > > > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to > unsubscribe from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users >
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