Re: getting dhclient to update bind forwarders IPs

[Stephen Marley <stephen_(_at_)_marley_(_dot_)_org_(_dot_)_uk>]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 09:38:43AM -0400, Will H. Backman wrote:
> > For the other part, if you're running your own nameserver,
> > why would you want to use forwarders at all?
> 
> The use of forwarders is a good thing.  It reduces the load on the root
> servers, and your DNS server gets to use closer servers that may already
> have the answer.

Actually, in most circumstances the use of forwarders is considered a
bad thing by many DNS experts. See USENET comp.protocols.dns.bind for
the arguments.

-- 
stephen