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I have an internal DNS server. I've added a custom record for a domain name that is public. I want to add local records but keep the public domain name resolved. For instance : foo.bar.com = wan ip -> SAT -> local server

I've added a zone bar.com and a custom record : gum.bar.com = lan ip -> local server

BUT I need to delegate other records, that means foo.bar.com should be left to the public DNS server. I saw the delegation option for a zone, I put my IPS DNS server, it works nice for a specific zone, like foo.bar must be resolved by the isp 's DNS. Now If I want to delegate a wildcart, it ain't work. You get I want to override the DNS server : resolve local names (the one you have records for) but other domain names mut be resolved by another server.

How can I achieve that, using a wildcard for a given zone ? Thanks mates

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Delete your "bar.com" zone from your W2K3 DNS server. Create a zone "gum.bar.com", and create a blank host record in that zone pointing to the LAN IP of the local server. Problem solved. >smile<

The W2K3 DNS server can't be simultaneously authoritative for a domain while forwarding queries that it can't resolve to another DNS server. It's just a limitation of the product. Working around it, per the above, is how we've always handled it.

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  • Note that with this method, referencing the server by FQDN will be: server.gum.bar.com
    – joeqwerty
    Sep 15, 2009 at 13:28
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    This "limitation" is also in many other name servers. So, the solution of a subdomain is certainly the right one.
    – bortzmeyer
    Sep 15, 2009 at 13:49
  • I don't think it's as much a limitation of any specific product as it is a limitation of the DNS protocol.
    – Powerlord
    Sep 15, 2009 at 15:17
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    @joeqwerty: You don't have to specify a hostname-- you can refer to the zone's name itself-- gum.bar.com-- in the A record (an "@" record, in BIND terminology).
    – Evan Anderson
    Sep 15, 2009 at 20:29
  • @Evan: I'm not sure what you're saying, but I mean that the FQDN of the server will be server.gum.bar.com and not server.bar.com. Can you elaborate on your comment? Thanks.
    – joeqwerty
    Sep 16, 2009 at 1:31

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