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so Patricksr1972, do you mean that answering dns queries for internal users, is like answering for people inside the &quot;house&quot;. <br />
but answering the other way around, is like answering people outside of the &quot;house&quot;, so like keeping the &quot;door&quot; opened.<br />
so setting the server to &nbsp;refuse recursive queries, is like someone outside the &quot;house&quot; or domain, asking the server something, and the server refuses to answer.
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I have been learning about DNS and came across this statement<br />
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&quot;configure your server to refuse recursive queries from outside your own IP range&quot;<br />
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but there wasn't a good explanation as to why you should do this.<br />
Anybody have a good reason why you would want to have your server refuse recursive queries?
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I have been learning about DNS and came across this statement

"configure your server to refuse recursive queries from outside your own IP range"

but there wasn't a good explanation as to why you should do this.
Anybody have a good reason why you would want to have your server refuse recursive queries?

so Patricksr1972, do you mean that answering dns queries for internal users, is like answering for people inside the &quot;house&quot;. 
but answering the other way around, is like answering people outside of the &quot;house&quot;, so like keeping the &quot;door&quot; opened.
so setting the server to  refuse recursive queries, is like someone outside the &quot;house&quot; or domain, asking the server something, and the server refuses to answer.

dns queries

I have been learning about DNS and came across this statement

&quot;configure your server to refuse recursive queries from outside your own IP range&quot;

but there wasn&#39;t a good explanation as to why you should do this.
Anybody have a good reason why you would want to have your server refuse recursive queries?

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