[plug] /newbie - DNS problems?

[Beau Kuiper]

Hi,

If that is the case, you probably need to learn how to use DNS. If you just
pull DNS on the server, people won't be able to access your computers (by name).

Your internal users will also probably be unable to do anything at all on the
internet.

Beua Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au

On Wed, 24 May 2000, Earnshaw, Mike wrote:
> 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.
> >