DNS Forwarders Best Practices

On our Windows 2003 DNS server, we have the two DNS server addresses of our
ISP in the Forwarders box. Is this the recommended configuration or should
I add other forwarders...such as google's public dns address?

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Thanks!

Best practice is to use your ISP's DNS servers or use root hints.
Putting google's public DNS address in as a forwarder will not work because
google's public DNS address points to a website not a DNS server.


hth
DDS

"Saucer Man" <> wrote in message
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> On our Windows 2003 DNS server, we have the two DNS server addresses of
> our ISP in the Forwarders box. Is this the recommended configuration or
> should I add other forwarders...such as google's public dns address?
>
> --
> Thanks!
>

"Saucer Man" <> wrote in message news:4bab7b38$0$2388$...
> On our Windows 2003 DNS server, we have the two DNS server addresses of our
> ISP in the Forwarders box. Is this the recommended configuration or should
> I add other forwarders...such as google's public dns address?
>
> --
> Thanks!
>
>


Two is enough, actually. Based on the client resolver service query TTL (time out), it may never reach the third. And I agree with Danny. Google's DNS addresses are useless.

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Ace

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