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Re: NSI policy on lame delagations

  • From: Steven J. Sobol
  • Date: Sun Nov 22 00:26:32 1998

On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 05:18:27PM -0800, Michael Dillon wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> 
> > > On the other hand, maybe there is another solution. Don't put all your
> > > eggs in one basket. Run at least two nameservers.
> > 
> > This is a no-brainer.
> > 
> > 1. If you're running only a primary and no secondaries, your DNS is an
> > accident waiting to happen.
> 
> Guess I should have said "run at least two sets of nameservers, i.e. two
> primaries and two secondaries. One set for recent additions... etc.".

I am of the opinion that you should have one or two nameservers on site and
work out something with another ISP in another physical location, hanging
off a different backbone, to also use their nameservers. (A lot of people
will do secondaries at no charge, especially if you work out a reciprocal
agreement with them).

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