syncronizing 2 dns server (windows/linux)

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mon Sep 26 03:45:15 UTC 2005


> If you check the last few days on this list, you'll see what happens
> when a windows user, who knows their way around Linux/unix, who used
> to use Bind 4 and some fairly complex, small internal networks, who
> knew the protocols used back then (almost certainly out of date now),
> etc., tries to get the latest bind 9 binary distribution to work on
> windows.

	Apart from the configuration file syntax there really is no
	change from BIND 4.  Conceptually its all the same.

	You define the working directory in named.conf (named.boot BIND 4).
	You define the zones in named.conf.
	You create the master files and put them at the locations mentioned
	in named.conf.
 
> There was no "Plug it is and go" sample configuration. The simplest
> configuration -- a local caching name server to work around a broken
> ISP -- did not come with the distribution, and required a "How do I
> set this up?" help call to the list.

	So you didn't look at the ARM.
	From the index.

3. Nameserver Configuration

    3.1. Sample Configurations

        3.1.1. A Caching-only Nameserver
        3.1.2. An Authoritative-only Nameserver
 
> Potential concerns with the installer -- including the fact that it
> will let you create a service account without a password, which then
> becomes a useless account -- have been brought up.

	Well this is more a problem with Window XP Home than anything
	else.  It's so lambotimised you can't do normal Windows
	administrative tasks.

> Is there a lot of documentation? There certainly is some.
> 
> Is there enough for it to be usable out of the box? I'd say no.
> 
> 
> On 9/25/05, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Unfotunately, while the source distribution may come with documtation,
> > > the end-user (binary) distribution does not, nor is the documentation
> > > easy to find if you don't know where it is.
> > >
> > > See the windows binary distribution :-)
> >
> >        Plenty there as far as I can see.  Over half the content is
> >        documentation.
> >
> >        Mark
> >
> > unzip -l BIND9.2.5.zip
> > Archive:  BIND9.2.5.zip
> >  Length     Date   Time    Name
> >  --------    ----   ----    ----
> >    49152  12-10-04 08:19   BINDInstall.exe
> >    21166  08-23-04 17:16   Bv9ARM.ch01.html            (Documentation)
> >     6134  08-23-04 17:16   Bv9ARM.ch02.html            (Documentation)
> >    23426  08-23-04 17:16   Bv9ARM.ch03.html            (Documentation)
> >    37310  08-23-04 17:16   Bv9ARM.ch04.html            (Documentation)
> >     5085  08-23-04 17:16   Bv9ARM.ch05.html            (Documentation)
> >   184772  11-18-04 13:12   Bv9ARM.ch06.html            (Documentation)
> >     9423  11-18-04 13:12   Bv9ARM.ch07.html            (Documentation)
> >     5415  11-18-04 13:12   Bv9ARM.ch08.html            (Documentation)
> >    28907  11-18-04 13:12   Bv9ARM.ch09.html            (Documentation)
> >    13100  11-18-04 13:12   Bv9ARM.html                 (Documentation)
> >   169266  03-03-05 18:03   CHANGES                     (Documentation)
> >     1631  01-20-05 12:30   COPYRIGHT                   (Documentation)
> >    16485  01-20-05 12:30   FAQ                         (Documentation)
> >    31744  04-13-04 16:20   bindevt.dll
> >    65536  03-03-05 18:20   dig.exe
> >    21334  08-28-04 17:11   dig.html                    (Documentation)
> >    12800  03-03-05 18:20   dnssec-keygen.exe
> >     9974  08-23-04 17:14   dnssec-keygen.html          (Documentation)
> >    13824  03-03-05 18:20   dnssec-makekeyset.exe
> >     7368  08-23-04 17:14   dnssec-makekeyset.html      (Documentation)
> >    14848  03-03-05 18:20   dnssec-signkey.exe
> >     7029  08-23-04 17:14   dnssec-signkey.html         (Documentation)
> >    40960  03-03-05 18:20   dnssec-signzone.exe
> >     9915  08-23-04 17:14   dnssec-signzone.html        (Documentation)
> >    57344  03-03-05 18:20   host.exe
> >     8379  08-23-04 17:14   host.html                   (Documentation)
> >   917504  03-03-05 18:15   libdns.dll
> >   737280  10-16-03 12:09   libeay32.dll
> >   208896  03-03-05 18:12   libisc.dll
> >    20992  03-03-05 18:13   libisccc.dll
> >    53248  03-03-05 18:13   libisccfg.dll
> >    33792  03-03-05 18:12   liblwres.dll
> >   974848  01-05-02 23:48   mfc70.dll
> >   344064  01-05-02 22:37   msvcr70.dll
> >     6144  03-03-05 18:20   named-checkconf.exe
> >     3422  08-23-04 17:14   named-checkconf.html        (Documentation)
> >     7168  03-03-05 18:17   named-checkzone.exe
> >     3917  08-23-04 17:14   named-checkzone.html        (Documentation)
> >   217088  03-03-05 18:18   named.exe
> >     9378  08-23-04 17:14   named.html                  (Documentation)
> >    61440  03-03-05 18:17   nslookup.exe
> >     9693  08-23-04 09:35   nslookup.html               (Documentation)
> >    27648  03-03-05 18:18   nsupdate.exe
> >    15739  08-23-04 17:15   nsupdate.html               (Documentation)
> >     5021  03-11-04 10:35   readme1st.txt               (Documentation)
> >     8704  03-03-05 18:20   rndc-confgen.exe
> >     8568  08-23-04 17:15   rndc-confgen.html           (Documentation)
> >     7906  08-23-04 17:15   rndc.conf.html              (Documentation)
> >    24576  03-03-05 18:20   rndc.exe
> >     7296  08-23-04 17:15   rndc.html                   (Documentation)
> >  --------                   -------
> >  4586659                   51 files
> >
> > >
> > > (Why does a windows user need Bind? Well, not only does my ISP suffer
> > > from cache corruption, its DNS was failing/not responding for an
> > > evening (at least 6 hours that I know of) recently.)
> > >
> > > On 9/25/05, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
> > > >        There really is plenty of documentation.   Just about all questi
> ons
> > > >        here could be answered with "upgrade" and/or read the documentat
> ion.
> > > >
> > > >        Mark
> > >
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, ISC
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
> >
> 
--
Mark Andrews, ISC
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org



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