From: rodd@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Glen Herrmannsfeldt   wrote:   
   >Barry Margolin wrote:   
   >(snip, someone wrote)   
   >>>>Can I define a domain name for my 'intranet'?   
   >(then I wrote)   
   >>>Run a local nameserver for internal hosts.  It will answer   
   >>>for the hosts in knows, and forward others to your ISPs   
   >>>nameserver.  (You have to put the ISPs nameserver address   
   >>>in the configuration file.)   
   >   
   >> Or leave them out and it will just do the recursive resolution itself.   
   >   
   >It has been a while since I did it, so I had to go look.   
   >   
   >It is the FORWARDERS that I was remembering.   
   >   
   >As I understand it, the local nameserver will cache names   
   >that it sees, and if it doesn't know the name will ask the servers   
   >in FORWARDERS, suggested to be your ISP's servers, and take   
   >advantage of their cache.   
      
   And you run the risk of your ISP being helpful and "correcting" domain   
   not found errors for you.   
      
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