[Techtalk] Home DNS server

[Devdas Bhagat]

On 12/06/04 11:37 -0400, dave wrote:
> I plan to terminate my Usermode Linux account (virtual server), and I have
> a question. 
> 
> BIND is running there and I would like to run it on my home machine. It is
> not always online, but my domain must always resolve because I have a
> mail/web account with another hosting provider. 
> 
> Can I just make my machine the primary DNS server, and have my secondaries
> cover for it when it isn't on? And if it does work, will there be any
> delays trying to resolve my domain?
Make your machine the master for that zone, and all the public DNS
servers be the secondary servers (a hidden master configuration).

You will have to keep the refresh interval high, so that your
secondaries don't keep trying to contact the master to refresh their
zone data.

Devdas Bhagat