on Sep 21st, 2006
Segregate Your DNS Servers article
DNS is one of the Internet’s oldest and most ubiquitous protocols. It’s also one of the most misunderstood and misconfigured. DNS is an efficient hierarchal distributed-database mechanism, but the effectiveness of that mechanism strongly depends on proper configuration. How you design your organization’s DNS infrastructure can have a huge impact on the performance and security of your entire network.
What’s the best way to configure DNS in an enterprise scenario? The key to effective and secure DNS design—particularly in large networked environments—is to segregate DNS servers into distinct roles, with each server dedicated to a single role. In this ideal scenario, each server’s configuration, features, and zone data distinguish it from the next…
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