Re: Pros and Cons: Managing your own DNS server or Having A third par ty to manage it.

From: MARLON BORBA (MBORBA_at_TRF3.GOV.BR)
Date: 05/30/03

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    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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