Update release questions

[Michael Barber]

> At 02:42 PM 6/6/2004, Mike B wrote:
> >We are currently running Bind 8.3 on Windows.  I'd like to upgrade to
> >a later release.
> >
> >I took a look and it looks like the later releases don't have
> >Bindctrl....can you use the older version of this program on the new
> >releases?  Is there a reason why this was taken out of the build?
>
> Yes, it's replaced by rndc in BIND 9 which has a lot more capabilities
> than BINDCtrl and BINDCmd. There's not much advantage for them
> over using the Services control panel or using the command-line
> net start named and net stop named.
>
> Windows couldn't use ndc like Unix but that's not the case with rndc
> which can also be used for control from a different system.

Is mdc a gui-based interface?  Is there some place I can find more
information about mdc?

> >Is 8.4.5 the last version with Bindctrl?  Is there any disadvantages
> >of being at that release instead of a 9.x release?
>
> As long as there's a BIND 8 release BINDCtrl will be there. BIND 8.4.5
> is the latest release though it's still a release candidate.
>
> There are plenty of advantages of BIND 9 over BIND 8. There are
> architectural issues with the Windows port of BIND 8 that have never
> been fully resolved. The BIND 9 issues are fixed with the latest
> release and should be stable.

Will the Bind 8 named configuration files and zone files migrate over to 9
without changes?

> Danny


Thanks Danny.