DNS virgin

[Mark A. Garcia]

kilim wrote:

>   Now that I've registered a certain domain through godaddy.com I
>   wish to set up my own DNS server. In the Godaddy's web interface
>   there is a way to set two new DNS server. Can I just put one of the
>   server to be my DNS primary leaving out the secondary ? Or can I
>   leave their server to be my secondary ?
>
>   I'm asking this because I'm on DSL with a static IP, but don't want
>   to have two server just for DNS.
>   
>   By going the this way, with only one DNS server, this wouldn't be
>   proper and safe right ?
>  
>
If you want your own primary and leave godaddy as a sec, you'll need to 
have zone transfers axfr between your pri and godaddy (sec).  Both pri 
and secondary need to have sync'd dns records.

I do not know if godaddy even offers secondary zone transfers service or 
not.

I know everydns.net does (free).  I'm sure other free dns services do too.

Also, this is under chapter 4 in the dns/bind book.

Having one primary dns server is a risk, but perfectly doable.  IMHO, if 
this is for your own small personal space to host just a single dns it 
would be perfectly fine.  I know many folks who just run one dns server 
personally.  Now for more mission critical stuff, it's best to have 2 
dns servers or more.  Not only for handling the potential swath of 
requests, but to at least have one server available all the time to 
serve requests.

Keep in mind DNS is getting more and more critical for the simple user 
nowadays, considering all the anti-spam blocking features that actual 
verify the email senders domain for MX records.  It's up to you...

Cheers,
-.mag