[plug] /newbie - DNS problems?

[Earnshaw, Mike]

The DNS server was setup prior to my arrival with the company. OK, maybe a
stupid question here, but how would I determine whether we need a DNS server
or not? We have a 24hr access to the Internet, should I just rely on the
upstream one? Assuming I remove the DNS server in house, what impact will
that demonstrate on the end-users?

Many thanks

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian [mailto:christian at amnet.net.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 11:20 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] /newbie - DNS problems?
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:11:31AM +0800, Earnshaw, Mike wrote:
> > Attached is a report I have been receiving regularly on our 
> Linux box. Being
> > fairly new and not knowledgeable of DNS, how bad are these messages?
> > Comments from more knowledgeable DNS people would be 
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Do you need to be running a DNS server?  If you're new to it and
> presumably haven't configured it to do anything then it doesn't make
> much sense to be running it and is only going to be taking up system
> resources and exposing you to additional security risk.  If you don't
> need it, uninstall it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Christian.
>