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DNS setup for Forest Trust - using ISP as forwarders

Hi

We are in process of company acquisition and need to set up a forest trust - we are waiting for VPN tunnel to be created first

In terms of DNS we are currently using our ISP as forwarders (with root hints check box checked)

My question is do I still need to add conditional forwarders to the remote company in our DNS setup, or is this something we need to request from our ISP? (Our ISP manages the DNS for the remote company we are acquiring also)

Many thanks

Jason

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Abhilash Pappiyil

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Jason M

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Thank you!

I just did an nslookup to www.remotecompany.com and it resolves to the IP of (I assume) the external IP of their managed service device

Would I need to test the same from remote company to my company? For the trust to work?

Thanks

Jason

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Jason M

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Thank you

Although assuming they also use their ISP (same as us) as DNS forwarders they should also be able to resolve www.mycompany.com

Thanks for your assistance

Jason

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Jason M

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great thank you!