Stupid upgrading question

Re: Stupid upgrading question

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It sounds like version 2.2.4 is working for you, including the user
interface. So here are some things that might make you want to
upgrade:

- Recursive query restrictions. QuickDNS Pro Server 2.2.4 doesn't
allow you to restrict access to recursion, meaning someone else could
configure their DNS server to forward all queries to your server,
thus hijacking your DNS server. A more recent version of QuickDNS,
managing a BIND-based DNS server, would be able to restrict such
access to just your network, for example.

- Performance. While the old version has good performance, BIND 9 is
faster. Also, you'd almost certainly end up running the new version
on a faster server.

- Stability. Classic Mac OS simply isn't as stable as Mac OS X,
Linux, or other operating systems supported by QuickDNS 4.6. Also,
QuickDNS Pro Server 2.2.4 may still have one or two more stability
problems (that have not been reported), and we're not going to
release any more updates for it.

- Dynamic zones. If you need to use Active Directory, or if you
otherwise need a dynamic zone, then you'll want to update.
____________________________________________________________________
Chris Buxton Men & Mice
Customer Support Specialist Making DNS Easy

At 4:15 PM -0400 5/17/04, Chris Freemesser wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>Forgive my ignorance, but I have a question about upgrading QDNS.
>
>I set up a QDNS server (running Mac OS9 and version 2.2.4 of QDNS
>Pro) here at work 4+ years ago. The server still works fine, and
>has obviously been trouble-free for all that time....I've not had to
>do anything to it other than routine updating of the tables.
>
>Since it's been a true "set it and forget it" system, my knowledge
>of any possible changes in DNS services (be them technical changes
>or security changes or whatnot) is pretty limited. Is there any
>legitimate reason why somebody would *need* to upgrade to a newer
>version (and yes, I know that the newer versions don't exist for
>OS9). Seems that if what I have now still works, there's not much
>of a reason to replace it.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris
>
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