Re: DNS/BIND questions

2001-11-13 Thread nate
martin f krafft said: > * nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.11.11 18:26:47-0800]: >> unless you want 50% dns failures you will need a backup on >> another ip address. > > what??? the secondary is only contacted if the first one fails... > that's not 50%. or am i stupid? i don't know. i can only say t

Re: DNS/BIND questions

2001-11-13 Thread martin f krafft
* nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.11.11 18:26:47-0800]: > unless you want 50% dns failures you will need a backup on > another ip address. what??? the secondary is only contacted if the first one fails... that's not 50%. or am i stupid? > > - If not, are there free backup name server services? >

Re: DNS/BIND questions

2001-11-12 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 08:45:58PM -0500, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > - I currently have ONE static IP. If I choose this to be the name server > for all my domains, do I NEED/have-to-have a backup? Yes. Most (all?) registrars require you to submit at least one secondary name server. > - Does a

Re: DNS/BIND questions

2001-11-11 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, nate wrote: > i use bind8. i haven't seen any reason to upgrade to bind9 > yet. bind8 has been workin goodfor years for me. Other than the fact that the bind folks are recommending you use 9 if you're starting from scratch? > unless you want 50% dns failures you will need a

Re: DNS/BIND questions

2001-11-11 Thread Mark Lanett
> - Bind8 or Bind9(testing only i think)? DJB's DNS > - I currently have ONE static IP. If I choose this to be the name server > for all my domains, do I NEED/have-to-have a backup? Yes, DNS must have a backup. > - Does a backup namesever have to have a static IP? I can use a second > server ru

RE: DNS/BIND questions

2001-11-11 Thread Paul McHale
>> - Bind8 or Bind9(testing only i think)? I run potato stable (8). Couldn't tell you the difference. >> - I currently have ONE static IP. If I choose this >> to be the name server for all my domains, do I NEED/have-to-have a backup? How critical are the servers people would be trying to get to

Re: DNS/BIND questions

2001-11-11 Thread nate
Matthew Daubenspeck said: > - Bind8 or Bind9(testing only i think)? i use bind8. i haven't seen any reason to upgrade to bind9 yet. bind8 has been workin goodfor years for me. > > - I currently have ONE static IP. If I choose this to be the name > server for all my domains, do I NEED/have-to-ha

DNS/BIND questions

2001-11-11 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
Sorry if this is too off-topic... I currently have a potato(stable) machine hosting several domains for mail, www, and ftp. I currently use an outside registrar for my DNS hosting, and they have been having problems lately. I pretty much hate them. I am researching DNS serving through BIND, a