[Techtalk] Stupid DNS questions

[Michelle Murrain]

Hi All,

I hate to show my ignorance, especially given that I've been running 
DNS servers for a year or so.

Right now, I have two DNS servers (Bind 9) on a local network, and 
they are both acting as masters, and a third remote DNS acting as a 
slave to the primary DNS server.

I need to create a system where I can easily change DNS info (add 
subdomains, change IPs) via a web interface (so multiple people can 
have access to that - I'm assuming I'll use WebMin). The challenge 
is, how to make sure all of the DNS info for all three servers is 
updated properly.

I'm not exactly certain how slave DNS servers work, which is part of 
my issue. RIght now, in order to change DNS info on the domains I'm 
running DNS for, I update the respective db files and named.conf on 
both servers. I'd like to do it only once. I could set up the second 
DNS server on the local network to be a slave to the first, but I was 
afraid if for some reason the first became unavailable, the second 
would then not work, which is then besides the point (which also 
makes me ponder the issue of the remote slave).

Also, if anyone has any other suggestions for how to do this, I'm 
happy to take them.

Thanks.
-- 
.Michelle

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