From: MARLON BORBA (MBORBA@TRF3.GOV.BR)
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 11:27:30 EDT
to roll your own pros:
. to configure it in order to meet your needs
. quicker configuration, no work for external staff
. faster upgrade and security patching
. it's cheaper
to roll your own cons:
. lesser availability - suppose you have two dns servers and both of them have a problem, eg misconfigured config files, your domain goes nuts
. additional management effort
either way depending on the CIDR block you've received from your provider you will need to share reverse DNS configuration with they as per rfc 2317 requirements.
i think the best option in this case is to have a primary server under your control and a secondary one hosted in your ISP.
hth,
marlon.
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>>> Alex.Monereau@MOODYS.COM 30/05/03 12:17 >>>
Can anyone provide me with the pros and cons regarding either managing my
own DNS server or having a third part vendor/ISP manage it?
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