>> Also the solution I showed has the advantage that when he stops his >> bind deamon, he still gets his host names resolved (via the >> DHCP-provided DNS server). > Even for shop.coyote.den?
Of course: for all host names he cares to use. And obviously, his DHCP-provided DNS server will answer with something like "unknown host" when queried with a host name that's only provided by the `bind` deamon he just turned off. But I get the impression I'm misunderstanding the question. Stefan