What % is bind?

[Paul Jacobs]

I have found that using the dns servers on win 2K for AD only for "AD" and 
then setup forwarders to external dns servers works very well...


At 01:49 PM 6/10/2001, you wrote:

>Adam Lang wrote:
> >
> > I need to rephrase a bit.
> >
> > As far as I know DNS is mandatory for Active Directory.  I am pretty sure
> > you can use Active Directory with non MS DNS, but it takes additional
> > finessing.
>
>Interestingly Microsoft deployed their own ADS without the
>ADS integrated DNS solution internally. I assume there
>internal DNS was using a Microsoft DNS solution - but
>probably at the time NT4 SP4 or later.
>
>We were assured this was because of "management issues" at
>the W2K launch, at which Microsoft also explained how to use
>BIND with W2K, although they skipped the bit about
>decommoditising protocols.
>
> > In general, deployment and support will be easier if you use MS DNS/DHCP
> > with Active Directory.
>
>As I have suggested several time, people should also
>consider directory services that don't do such bizarre
>things to the DNS, and support open protocols, and use the
>right protocols for the right purpose.
>
>I'd accept deployment being easier, but I'm not sure about
>support.
>
>Historically tracking down issues with Microsoft DNS
>solutions was pretty hideous, at NT4 you had to insert an
>instrumented version of the executable to bring it's logging
>up to the default level of BIND 4.x (i.e. It would barf on
>things that BIND would just spit an error to syslog for and
>carry on).
>
>Knowing my dynamic DNS updates are lurking somewhere inside
>ADS, and at the mercy of Microsoft's conflict resolution
>scheme, and active directory replication.
>
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