BIND DNS Server on Windows

[Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming]

On Sunday, February 9th, 2025 at 7:07 PM, Richard T.A. Neal <richard at richardneal.com> wrote:

> That's my site! 😊
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> Whilst functional please bear in mind that BIND is no longer developed or supported on Windows so I really don’t recommend doing so. You should install it on a Linux system as intended, or alternatively in WSL (Windows SubSystem for Linux).
> 
> One major drawback with WSL is that there doesn't seem to be a way to assign it a static IP - i.e. your WSL BIND server will change IP address every time (it's a private routed address that will need a Windows Firewall NAT rule to be reached from other machines on your network).
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> Best,
> Richard.

Dear Richard,

Thank you for your reply.

Rather than using WSL, I think I will use Hyper-V, VMware Workstation or Oracle VirtualBox instead.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming

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> Subject: BIND DNS Server on Windows
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> Good day from Singapore,
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> Can I install WinBIND on Windows 10 and Windows 11? The following guide mentioned installation of WinBIND on Windows Server only.
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> Link: https://www.winbind.org/installing-bind-on-windows/
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> Thank you.
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> Regards,
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> Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
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> 9 Feb 2025 Sunday
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