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MS NT4.0 DNS & Linux BIND 8 NS

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by allen wilkes 1 view

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Hi, Perhaps someone could assist me with a DNS issue I have.

I have customer who is running Linux BIND 8 caching only server on the end of a WAN link and they have set-up a MS NT4.0 DNS for thier Intranet. They know want the NT DNS to query the Linux DNS if it cannot resolve the name.

I know MS DNS on NT4.0 is not the BIND version, but can or should an MS DNS be able to use the Linux BIND DNS to resolve names, with the Linux DNS set-up as a caching only server?

Becuase if it can, I must be doing something wrong, any suggestions, comments?

Allen

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by tony.colgrove

You should have the forwarder setting on the NT4 DNS server to point to your Linux box. When the NT4 DNS needs to query a name it will simply forward the request to your linux box and let it do the work. Version doesnt matter, it is a standard DNSquery it passes.

by allen wilkes

Tony, Thanks for you answer. I'd set the NT Server to do just that, yet still it was failing, I wasn't sure about the Versions being different, but your comfirmation forced me to keep digging.... and I found it alright.
The names it was passing to the linux box were .org and I'd already checked the NT box for any .org domains, to see if thought it was authorative for them, it wasn't. It turns out .org are CNAME records for .com domains, Yep the NT box thought it was authorative for those .com domains..... Once removed, it all worked fine
Ta
Allen

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