Re: [cobalt-users] RE: Advantage of Running DNS on RAQ4i

[jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jens Kristian Søgaard)]

"Charles Williams \( CEO ACNS \)" <cwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> >I disagree completely. If you do not know about DNS, it is _much_
> >better to let another firm run your dns (they usually have more
> >expertise, and will make it work more smoothly - especially when you
> >move sites or change ip's).

> Not a garauntee.  Just look at Deutsche Telekom.  The largest network in

When I talk of getting another firm to do it, I of course speak of a
firm that has DNS service as one of it's primary focus areas.

Deutsche Telekom is, well, a phonecompany :-)

> Germany and they can't even map thier IP's right. hehe.  And they DNS for a
> large portion of Germany.  We just recently got a new C block and it was a
> joke.  We finally had to have them release SOA to us.

The thing is, that you need to know the technical people
personally. You have probably been stuck in one of Deutsche Telekom's
great phone queues, and you get to speak with an "idiot" - who
redirects your call to another "idiot" and so on.

> >Remember however, that to host DNS you need two servers, each
> >connected with different line providers (this is ofcourse not strictly
> >necessary, but this is how it's done right).

> Actually, I have found it best to have a primary and secondary in your
> domain ( doesn't matter your line out ) and then have another domain provide
> secondary for these.  There are plenty of folks that have no problems doing
> something such as this, and provides for some serious redundancy.

I think you're mixing some things together?

What do you mean by a "domain"?


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