External Domain Lookup

[Guest]

How do I configure my DNS server to resolve external addresses if I dont have access to any ISP DNS servers to use for forward lookups

I guess I want queries to look at the root servers - How do I do that

 

[Herb Martin]

How do I configure my DNS server to resolve external addresses if I dont

have access to any ISP DNS servers to use for forward lookups.

I guess I want queries to look at the root servers - How do I do that

That is the default. Make sure you have root servers defined in "Root
Hints" of the
server properties. Make sure you have no "." (root) zone configure (delete
it if you
do) on your internal DNS servers. There is a bug/feature where the
Microsoft DNS
server install for AD makes this automatically whether you need it or
ot -- most
people don't need it. In fact, almost no one needs it created
automatically.

It seems odd that you cannot use a forwarder...hmmmm

Although it is perfectly legal, perhaps even reasonable, for you to use
direct
recursion from the root down through the Internet namespace it is UNLIKELY
that you have no alternative.

 

[Jonathan de Boyne Pollard]

MH> How do I configure my DNS server to resolve external
MH> addresses if I dont have access to any ISP DNS servers
MH> to use for forward lookups.

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