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According to that, personally I would set up Stub Zones for security reasons. Ther woill be only records for DNS servers, no any other DNS records. So, if someone will take DNS text zone file, it's less dangerous than whole secondary zone (but I could be wrong :) )<br />
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To use zone transfers you need to enable them in particular zone and specify which hosts can initiate zone(s) transfer. Do not use option allowing all requesting DNS servers to transfer zones!<br />
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And at the end, I would agree with Darius that it's worth considering to place there at least one DC and make AD-I DNS zone<br />
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Regards,<br />
Krzysztof
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According to that, personally I would set up Stub Zones for security reasons. Ther woill be only records for DNS servers, no any other DNS records. So, if someone will take DNS text zone file, it's less dangerous than whole secondary zone (but I could be wrong :) )

To use zone transfers you need to enable them in particular zone and specify which hosts can initiate zone(s) transfer. Do not use option allowing all requesting DNS servers to transfer zones!

And at the end, I would agree with Darius that it's worth considering to place there at least one DC and make AD-I DNS zone

Regards,
Krzysztof

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I have a new site. &nbsp;I would like to setup a windows 2008 DNS server. &nbsp;There will be no domain controllers at this site. &nbsp;I would also like to have this DNS server sync up with my other DNS servers which are also domain controllers. &nbsp;THe other DNS servers are located in a different facility however there is network communication between the sites.<br />
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Can this be done or do i have to setup domain controllers? &nbsp;If yes, how?
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I have a new site.  I would like to setup a windows 2008 DNS server.  There will be no domain controllers at this site.  I would also like to have this DNS server sync up with my other DNS servers which are also domain controllers.  THe other DNS servers are located in a different facility however there is network communication between the sites.

Can this be done or do i have to setup domain controllers?  If yes, how?

Windows 2008 DNS Server Configuration

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.