Use WHM as nameserver, risk and possible issue

Luca Sartori

• May 31, 2017 08:55

Hi, I managed a server with WHM and Cpanel with some domain on a shared ip. I always have used an exeternal nameserver resolution service (namely afraid.org) to manage nameserver resolution, now I'm interested to use WHM and BIND to simplify my managing tasks. What are the principale risks of using my webserver and mailserver as a nameserver? Do I need another nameserver to have at least 2 nameserver to set in my registar (I assume I can use the DNS ONLY version of WHM as secondary DNS)? What can I do to secure my server against DDOS DNS attack or DNS Poisoning? Thanks to everyone so kind to clear my doubts

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  cPanelMichael

  • May 31, 2017 16:37

  Hello Luca, The risk of running the name server locally is generally with redundancy as opposed to security or performance (unless you have several thousand or more domain names). You can browse to "WHM >> Nameserver Selection" to see the pros and cons of each name server offered with cPanel & WHM. You can setup Guide to DNS Cluster Configurations - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation Let us know if you have any additional questions. Thank you.

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  Luca Sartori

  • June 01, 2017 07:46

  Hello Luca, The risk of running the name server locally is generally with redundancy as opposed to security or performance (unless you have several thousand or more domain names). You can browse to "WHM >> Nameserver Selection" to see the pros and cons of each name server offered with cPanel & WHM. You can setup Let us know if you have any additional questions. Thank you.

  
  Thanks for the useful info. I started to read the documentation about the DNS clustering (and followed the lesson on cpanel University), butwhen I tried to authenticate the DNSONLY server on my server (let it be Server A) I see the autentication page declaring that what I am doing is deprecated (I am adding the DNSONLY server using Clusters->DNS Cluster (Enable DNS Cluster->Configure) on Server A) Is there any new method to create a Cluster? Thanks again

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 01, 2017 16:40

  I see the autentication page declaring that what I am doing is deprecated

  
  Hello, Could you post a screenshot of what you see when attempting to set it up? Ensure to block out any identifying information. Thank you.

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  Luca Sartori

  • June 05, 2017 08:08

  Nevermind, I pushed through the configuration and now I have a working DNS cluster. Thanks for everything

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  cPanelMichael

  • June 05, 2017 17:14

  I'm glad to see it's now working well. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.

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