Search Again: Re: Forwarding Question From: Mac McClellan Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 Time: 3:23:52 pm There is a firewall NAT issue as well as the performance problem. The forwarding worked very well going one way but I want to make sure that it will not cause a problem going both ways. So I guess I'm still not clear if that will cause a looping problem or does BIND know that if it did not originate the query to not forward it? Mac >>> cbuxton@menandmice.com 9/24/2003 4:05:32 PM >>> A better question is, do you need to forward at all? Usually, even from behind a firewall, a DNS server can resolve outside domain names just fine. It's possible to configure a firewall to block outgoing queries, and in such cases, forwarding is necessary - you would forward to a server that can get through the firewall. Also, in cases where there's a performance problem (i.e. the server can't resolve names fast enough to suit client web browsers), forwarding can often alleviate the problem. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice Customer Support Specialist Making DNS Easy At 3:36 PM -0600 9/24/03, Mac McClellan wrote: >I have two sets of DNS servers. Each set has a Primary and Secondary: > >ns1.nameservercorporate.com >ns2.nameservercorporate.com > >and > >ns1.nameserverclient.com >ns2.nameserverclient.com > >The scenario is this... > >ns1 and ns2.nameserverclient.com have forwarders that point to ns1 & >ns1.nameservercorporate.com. Can I also put forwarders on ns1 & >ns2.nameservercorporate.com pointing to ns1 & ns2.nameserverclient.com >or would that create a "DNS loop"? > >Thanks! > > > >Mac McClellan >Sr. Network Engineer >Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. >75 West Center Street >Provo, Utah 84601 >801-437-7295

Messages In This Thread: Forwarding Question by Mac McClellan on Sep 24, 2003 at 2:46:36 pm Re: Forwarding Question by Men & Mice Support on Sep 24, 2003 at 3:05:57 pm Re: Forwarding Question by Mac McClellan on Sep 24, 2003 at 3:23:52 pm Re: Forwarding Question by Men & Mice Support on Sep 24, 2003 at 4:09:12 pm