Dynamic DNS and Slave Servers

Chris Buxton cbuxton at menandmice.com
Thu Jun 18 21:23:07 UTC 2009


On Jun 18, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Joseph S D Yao wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:50:49AM -0700, Chris Buxton wrote:
> ...
>> Yes. Once a zone is dynamic, you're no longer allowed to edit the  
>> zone
>> file directly (unless you make it static again, for example by use of
> ...
>
>
> For which reason, of course, dynamic data should always be in a  
> separate
> subdomain from static data, which may someday need to be updated.
>
> Apologies if this was obvious.  There exist people for whom it was  
> not.

As a DNS trainer, I can tell you that nothing is obvious to everyone.  
With dynamic DNS, until you've done it a few times, it's just magic  
incantations.

That said, while there is something to be said for sandboxing as you  
describe, it's also quite valuable to learn to use nsupdate. Or get/ 
write yourself a tool to make it all transparent.

Chris Buxton
Professional Services
Men & Mice




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