[webmin-l] Private DNS server

[Steve C. <cam...@cn...>]

I'd like to setup a DNS server just for my servers behind our firewalls. I =
would like this server to provide behind-the-firewall addresses so our serv=
ers wouldn't have to rely on the public DNS servers which we also run, elim=
inating host file entries and resolving some requests that don't use the ho=
st file, and to avoid going out and back in through our firewalls for our o=
wn requests.

Are there any suggestions (gotchas) on what might be useful when setting th=
is up through Webmin? I only want our servers to consult the public DNS ser=
vers for any domains not owned by us, but keep all requests for our domains=
 on our 10.0.0 network.

I know this is a common setup and is probably not going to cause me any pro=
blems, but I would like to know mostly of any Webmin things that I need to =
be aware of as I go through the setup. I plan on changing all of the resolv=
.conf files on the servers, adding this new server to the top, and mostly j=
ust adding the master domain and reverse files from the real public servers=
, and then changing the IPs. I do not want any transfers to or from this ne=
w server. The new server will not be registered anywhere.

Any suggestions and tips would be appreciated.

Steve Campbell
cam...@cn...
Charleston Newspapers