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Re: Moving from QDNS 3.5.3 (OS9) to BIND on OSX

From: andrew
Date: Monday, January 19, 2004
Time: 6:22:09 am

> >If you're using one of the latest versions of BIND as a secondary then
> >"auto-updating" is not an issue...
>
> master/slave replication was part of the original DNS RFCs going back 15+
> years.

I didn't want to get flamed for a sweeping generalization <g>

>
> >Your additional "work" would be to add a new domain to the secondary's
> >config file and restart the BIND service...maybe 30 seconds of work?
>
> and there are non-M&M scripts around to automate updating the named.conf
> (or external "include" file) to add/remove zone statements. see google

I'm amazed that anyone would need a script to admin a slave...even the most
command-line-phobic should be able to handle it...yes it's that simple...I
am always amazed at how simple BIND is to administer once you get past the
initial config.




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