Re: separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

2016-02-07 Thread Grant Taylor
On 02/07/2016 05:54 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: why? (I believe I answered your question in the subsequent paragraph. If not let me know and I'll try again.) that's not a reason for not list one of them as SOA None of the slaves are the SOA. (Further, I'm not aware of them having been con

Re: separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

2016-02-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 08.02.2016 um 01:00 schrieb Grant Taylor: On 02/07/2016 04:12 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: define OK Will it cause any problems if the slave server is not listed as an NS? no for internal use NS records don't matter at all because the only thing which matters is that the machines listed i

Re: separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

2016-02-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 08.02.2016 um 01:35 schrieb Grant Taylor: On 02/07/2016 04:55 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: .local doesn't have servers. Um Please forgive me while I look at many Small Business Server / poorly configured networks. That being said, I'll give you that it's not an official TLD. (Last I loo

Re: separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

2016-02-07 Thread Grant Taylor
On 02/07/2016 04:55 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: This proves robustness in the presence of link failures. Faster than ttl expiry of local zone changes (provided that notify messages are sent). I presume you are referring to the slave zone expiration timer, not normal record TTLs. No, I mean normal

Re: separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

2016-02-07 Thread Grant Taylor
On 02/07/2016 04:12 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: define OK Will it cause any problems if the slave server is not listed as an NS? for internal use NS records don't matter at all because the only thing which matters is that the machines listed in /etc/resolv.conf respond correctly I think I unde

Re: separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

2016-02-07 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <56b7cdfb.5070...@tnetconsulting.net>, Grant Taylor writes: > I know that this is an older thread, but I've been holding onto it for a > while with the intent of asking a related question. > > On 08/10/2015 12:12 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > Authoritative servers (listed in NS records) s

Re: separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

2016-02-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 08.02.2016 um 00:06 schrieb Grant Taylor: Does being a slave for a zone imply that a server is also listed as an NS? Or is it considered "okay" for a server to slave a zone without publishing that it does so? define OK - for internal use NS records don't matter at all because the only th

Re: separation of authoritative and recursive functions on internal networks

2016-02-07 Thread Grant Taylor
I know that this is an older thread, but I've been holding onto it for a while with the intent of asking a related question. On 08/10/2015 12:12 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: Authoritative servers (listed in NS records) shouldn't be recursive. I'm taking this to mean servers that have zones (proper