Bind8 Dynamic DNS How-To?

Michel Marcon NOSPAM.michel.marcon at vnumail.com
Tue Jun 13 20:59:55 UTC 2000


Just a remark...

On 12 Jun 2000 14:36:49 -0700, Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com>
wrote:

>Jeff Newton wrote:
>
>> I've been using Bind 8.2.2 for a while now but I'd like to start
>> implementing the dynamic DNS features for our many DHCP Windoze
>> machines.  Plus with Win2K fast approaching.....
>
>Prepare to be disappointed. From what I gather, there is no way for
>Win2K to make strongly-authenticated Dynamic Updates to BIND, and
>without proper authentication, not only is there the obvious security
>risk, but there's really nothing to stop the Win2K boxes from stomping
>on each other's records (since the server can't really tell one client
>from another). Of course, Microsoft has this problem "solved", as long
>as you use *their* servers for DNS instead of BIND. Yippee.

You say Yippee. You are kidding, of course ?? I agree, it's no fun :-(

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>- Kevin
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Michel Marcon
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