I don't know about the ISC authorization part of your question, but Infoblox's DNSone is based upon bind and works very well. As an appliance, it offers out of the box HA as well as a distributed database shared by both bind and ISC dhcpd. The appliances and database can be configured in a distributed grid to build a scalable DNS, DHCP, and IP management environment for entities of varying sizes. It can also be used as a primary with stock bind secondaries if you do not wish to purchase additional appliances (this does require a bit more work on your part, but is of course less expensive). The combined database underneath bind and dhcpd make the appliance ideally suited to do IP management tasks, and the IP Address Management component provide a very nice tool to manage networks and their address ranges. The appliance has a decent GUI as well as a full featured API for you customizations. We've been using DNSone for a few years and are quite pleased with it.
As far as Josh's comments about his experience, I would partially agree and partially disagree. We worked with Infoblox quite a while before I was comfortable with the data import process. I opened several cases with Infoblox during that time to get things fixed or improved. Some of the fruits of our work there have shown up in their current java import tool. I consider myself a reasonably seasoned bind user (after 20+ years, I ought to have learned something!), but at this point I would have no hesitation in giving a strong endorsement to the Infoblox appliances. Not unlike bind itself, you have to spend a little time learning to think like it does, but once you do so, the appliance is quite decent to use. As far as the Infoblox API is concerned, yes, it has been evolving over the years, and things do change from time to time. In fact I have only had one of my scripts break as a result of an upgrade over the years and this was due to them changing their permissions model. If you want to use the API, look at the examples provided and plan to spend some time working with it. --Larry On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Josh Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe the infoblox appliances are bind based however After > administering them for over a year I have to say steer clear of them. > They definitely make dns easy enough that anyone can do it at the > expense of making it impossible for someone who knows what they are > doing being able to automate anything. They do have a perl API but > its aweful. > > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Jeff Lightner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you're a Linux Addict why not just buy a couple of x86 servers and >> install Linux with BIND on top of it? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Linux Addict >> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 9:37 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: BIND Based Appliances. >> >> Folks, I am looking to re-architecture our NS Infrastructure. Can you >> guys suggest me if there are any Bind-Based Appliances available and >> authorized by ISC itself? >> >> Thanks, LA >> ---------------------------------- >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential >> information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are >> not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of >> the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you >> have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply >> immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and >> delete it. Thank you. >> ---------------------------------- >> >> > > > > -- > Josh Smith > email/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: 304.237.9369(c) > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail > /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments > > -- Larry Fahnoe, Fahnoe Technology Consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 952/925-0744 Minneapolis, Minnesota www.FahnoeTech.com
