BIND 8.1.2 Dynamic DNS VERSUS Windows 2000 Dynamic DNS

[Angie_1]

I am setting up an HPUX 11.11 workstation with BIND 8.1.2 and wondering how to enable dynamic DNS. Also, what are the comparisons of having Dynamic DNS on an HPUX 11.11 box versus a Windows 2000 system? Or does the dynamic DNS part on the Unix system work just as well as having it on a Windows 2000 system?
Please write opinions.. Thx..Angie

[Wodisch_1]

Hi Angie,

security wise (for a reason) I would not like to run BIND8.1 on any of my systems...
Ans http://www.isc.org just told me that BIND8.3.3 is the most recent version of BIND8. I would recommend BIND9.2, but that is just the HP-UX release which does NOT work. So BIND8.3.3 would be your best bet, I guess...

http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html

Just my $0.02,
Wodisch

[Angie_1]

Do you know if BIND 8.3.3 is supported by HP support? Don't want to install a version they won't support because its too new.

What about dynamic DNS on Unix versus Windows 2000?

Thx!
Angie

[Rainer von Bongartz]

Angie,


Dynamic DNS on HPUX 11i is not working correct in case your bootp and DNS Server supports more than one IP subnet.

There is a service request under way for month's but I'm still waiting for a patch.

Regards
Rainer

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,
Windows 2000 Dynamic DNS is easy to manage and
has support for updating DHCP clients, and network servers like PDC , WINS etc.

BIND 8.1.2 does not support secure Dynamic updates based on GSS-TSIG. whereas windows 2000
dynamic DNS supports it.

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[sven verhaegen]

HI

Bind 8.3.3 is indeed not available officially from HP ,so no support existss , we either recommend bind 8.1.2 for intranet usage or if possible 9.2 (for internet like communications) which is for the moment only available on 11.i (versions are in prepapration for 11.0 (no porting to 10.x is previewed) , 11.i will come with bind 8.1.2 standard installed, pre-11.i machines have bind 4.9.7

I agree there are still some smaller issues outstanding but the dynamic functionality of bind 9.2 on HP-UX should already be ok and usable in a same way as Windows versions

[Angie_1]

Well this DNS is going to be used to resolve internally and for external internet addresses. Currently on 8.1.2... should I upgrade or will this version fully work with Dynamic DNS? How do I enable it? Still a bit confused.

Thx...Angie

[Shannon Petry]

For me I compile and run the latest version of BIND from code. I get all the features this way, but a few extra headaches in compiling.

Dynamic DNS in Win2K does not support anything but windows. Why? Windows DHCP requires clients to have preset names to access DHCP, which is against all RFQ's I have ever seen.
In essense MS is pulling the wool over your eyes again in saying that it works, as their DHCP implentation is broken. Same IMHO as running bootp and having DNS pre-loaded except for the size variances in DNS databases.
There are several packages available from various sources for DHCP integration into BIND for true dynamic DNS. Just do a google search for BIND and DHCP. A friend of mine wrote his own code to work with the Solaris DHCP package and bind and it works like a champ.
I'd recommend that you use MS_DNS only if your running MS clients exclusively for DNS/DHCP and everything else is static. It will save you from trying to figure out why nothing else works.

Regards,
Shannon

[Angie_1]

Thank you for that input.... it really has helped! Thank you all!!!

Angie