Intelligent Forwarding

BlueCat’s intelligent DNS simplifies DNS management across environments, reduces complexity, and avoids costly errors.

Key Takeaways
  • DNS Edge removes the need for duplicate DNS name records across multiple authoritative DNS servers by centralizing control of resolution paths.
  • The solution eliminates reliance on complex DNS forwarding configurations when supporting distributed applications and cloud services.
  • Administrators can define up to three DNS namespaces and specify conditional logic to determine how queries are directed among them.
  • If a response is not obtained from the primary namespace, Edge automatically cascades the query to the next namespace in the defined priority order.
  • DNS Edge can selectively route requests for common SaaS and internet services directly to the internet, bypassing internal resolution where appropriate.
  • By controlling the DNS resolution path centrally, DNS Edge simplifies DNS management, reduces configuration complexity, and mitigates operational risk.

Architecting the path of DNS traffic can take some interesting turns. Supporting remote workers, controlling apps and resources with things like regional access, or Internet breakout with organizations using cloud infrastructures like Office365, Dropbox or Salesforce.

To find these services, their location is found in DNS. And sometimes they’re forced to be in duplicate locations. Unlike your existing DNS, Edge eliminates the need for name records to reside in multiple authoritative DNSes or rely on complex forwarding. Edge can also direct commonly used services directly to the internet.

Simply add up to 3 namespaces and set conditions to direct queries. If one answer isn’t retrieved, Edge sends the query to the next namespace in the priority order. DNS Edge introduces unique control of your DNS resolution path to simplify management, reduce complexity and avoid costly errors.

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