bind versions mixing

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Dec 20 19:44:30 UTC 2001


Tester wrote:

> Hi,
>
>     Is it possible to use a master dns server with bind version 8.2.4 and a
> slave with bind version 9.1.2?

Yes, as long as you're not doing anything un-kosher in the BIND 8 nameserver's
zone files. BIND 9 is pickier about such things.

If you want to stick with one BIND 8 nameserver and one BIND 9 nameserver, you
should at least upgrade them to 8.2.5 and 9.2.0, respectively.


- Kevin





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