Joseph S D Yao wrote:
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:50:49AM -0700, Chris Buxton wrote:
...
Yes. Once a zone is dynamic, you're no longer allowed to edit the zone
file directly (unless you make it static again, for example by use of
...
For which reason, of course, dynamic data should always be in a separate
subdomain from static data, which may someday need to be updated.
Surely you mean sub*zone* (?)
It's not always possible to arrange one's namespace between static and
dynamic, oftentimes there are other conventions and taxonomies which
dictate that "static" data and "dynamic" data must co-exist in the same
(sub)domain. This is when tools like nsupdate and the Dynamic Update
capabilities of the Net::DNS Perl module come in handy -- to allow
maintenance of "static" data in zones which also contain truly "dynamic"
data, maintained by a DHCP server and/or self-registering Wintel clients
and/or some other infrastructure component(s).
- Kevin
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