Hostsafe wrote: > Yes, I understand that DNS servers can be anywhere in the world...but I > have no control over entering new records on a DNS server unless the DNS > server happens to be on my server. Correct? Who is going to give me > complete control over creating new "A records" and "MX records" for > free? Since I already have a colocated IIS server, doesn't it make > sense for my server to handle the DNS record handling on my server?
Yes... provided your DNS server is authoritative for the zone in question. Also if you're expecting your DNS server to be the one asked to handle in-addr.arpa requests (i.e. reverse DNS) then your provider has to delegate that authority to you. > The confusing part in this discussion is this talk as if I can just turn > off my DNS services on my web server and everything will be fine. If I > did that, no one would be able to access any of the hosted web sites on > my server. Keep in mind that DNS servers have two distinct purposes. One is to be the authoritative database of records for one or more zones. The other is to answer queries for records that its not authoritative for and require following the chain of ownership if it doesn't have the answer in its cache. A DNS server can do only one or can do both of those functions, it depends on how its configured. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." � Ambassador Kosh To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
