After doing some additional reading, I have another question related to the MX records.
Using the forward and forwarders statements as follows I could potentially remove the NS statements for the sub-domains which redirect queries to the GSLB devices: forward first; forwarders { gss1; gss2; }; However, my understanding is that, when the question is asked by the client, that the question is forwarded on to the servers in the forwarders statement, but the response is received by the original BIND server and it responds to the client. If that is the case, this will, to some effect, negate the ability to GSLB. Is that a correct statement? Brian -----Original Message----- From: bind-users-bounces+brian.atkins2=va....@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces+brian.atkins2=va....@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Atkins, Brian (GD/VA-NSOC) Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:15 PM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Questions regarding global MX and NS records After specifying MX records for a 2nd tier domain, is it necessary to restate the MX records for a new $ORIGIN? For example, if I have: $ORIGIN . ... IN MX 10 mx1.example.com. IN MX 10 mx2.example.com. IN MX 10 mx3.example.com. IN MX 10 mx4.example.com. Do I also need to do the following?: $ORIGIN blah.example.com. MX 10 mx1.example.com. MX 10 mx2.example.com. MX 10 mx3.example.com. MX 10 mx4.example.com. Or is the first statement sufficient to cover all sub-domains as long as the MX records are the same? Also, I have a number of records that I redirect to a GSLB device and have 1,000+ records that I delegate to the devices as follows: $ORIGIN blah.example.com. www NS gss1.example.com. NS gss2.example.com. Is there a more efficient method of doing this, eliminating the need to do this for every sub-domain? Perhaps a forward statement in the conf file? Brian _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users