[OT] Hosting a DNS

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 21:24 +0800, GNUbie wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> What do you think is the main reason or the importance of hosting your
> own DNS when your ISP and/or Domain Registrar can host it for you for
> FREE?
> 
> Normally if you are going to host your own DNS for your organization,
> ideally you need to run it at least on two (2) different machines
> connected at least to two (2) different ISPs.

I do my own authoritative DNS.  I also have a secondary authoritative
server on a separate ISP for redundancy.  The requirement for at least 2
DNS servers on separate networks is probably the main reason it is
easier to let your ISP do this for you.  Any ISP worth anything will
have secondary authoritative servers on separate networks.
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Smoot Carl-Mitchell
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