<danths@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply.. does it mean that I need to have something like
> this
> corp.net
> www A 222.222.222.1
> ftp A 222.222.222.1
> mail A 222.222.222.3
> MX mail.corp.net
>
> The zone database on the internal zone would look like this:
>
> corp.net
> www CNAME webserver.corp.net
> ftp CNAME ftpserver.corp.net
> mail CNAME exchange.corp.net
> exchange A 192.168.1.15
> webserver A 192.168.1.16
> ftpserver A 192.168.1.17
>
>
> However it still means that I need to create CNAME entries in the
> internal DNS. I would like to reduce the chances of errors if possible
> to configure the internal DNS to automatically query the external DNS
> if the record wasn't found ( if possible )

That only works if you create EACH of those External Entries
as an INDIVIDUAL zone AND do not have the actual zone
"corp.net" internally at all.

As long as you have the zone internally it is an all or nothing
deal.

This is the (main) disadvantage of using same name inside
as outside.


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>
> Thanks
> sd
>