Search Again: Re: public vs private DNS From: Len Conrad Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Time: 9:37:34 am >WE have a virtual private network spanning several locations plus servers >which are in a dmz with public ip's. I want to use a name server for our >internal segments which is to be used by staff behind the fire wall to >resolve 198.xxx addresses. your internal namespace >Is it ok to use the public dns we have that are authorative for our public >domains for this tast (ie they are reachable by anyone) or should we have >a separate dns server behind the firewall in our vpn just for the internal >resolving? I am of course thinking about security. I would leave the public DNS outside the inner firewall as is, and setup another machine inside to handle your internal domains. The internal DNS resolves external domains by forwarding to the external DNS. Len

Messages In This Thread: public vs private DNS by Guy Jones on Jul 9, 2003 at 9:30:58 am Re: public vs private DNS by Len Conrad on Jul 9, 2003 at 9:37:34 am