RE: [ActiveDir] Bind or Microsoft DNS

[Ken Cornetet]

Title: Message

Here's what we did (names changed to protect the guilty):

 

Our main DNS domain is acme.com.

NT domain: ACME

 

We dcpromo'd creating forest/domain acme.acme.com. Now, our unix/bind DNS handles acme.com and AD domain controllers handle acme.acme.com. The unix server is a secondary for acme.acme.com, and the DCs are secondaries for acme.com. We create CNAMES for the windows servers in the acme.com domain (ie: coyote.acme.com points to coyote.acme.acme.com).

 

Best of both worlds!

 

One caveat: we somewhat depend on Windows workstations doing DNS devolution for this scheme to work. Windows 95 clients do not do devolution.

-----Original Message-----
From: Juan Ibarra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:47 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Bind or Microsoft DNS

Hi, we are planning the upgrade from NT to Win2k 2003.  Currently we use Unix DNS, the question is should I keep it just make sure it supports NDR records or replace it with Microsoft DNS.

Any pros and cons?

Thanks,
Juan