Michael Torrie [23/07/07 21:10 -0600]: > Kimball Larsen wrote: > >So, I've got to handle setting up DNS on a linux box for the first time > >- done it before on a mac, but used a spiffy interface that hid the icky > >underpinnings of BIND from me and made it a cinch to set everything up. > > > >What server does everyone like here? I've heard that there are others > >besides BIND to consier, but not sure which ones are worth looking into. > > I just use BIND. It's standard and lately relatively secure. However > it's not trivial to configure. But if you want to do any advanced > things like dynamic updates, split-horizon resolution, etc, BIND is > probably the best bet. If you plan on doing IT for a living, BIND is a > necessary skill to have on the resume, in my opinion. > > There are a lot of other, probably better alternatives for most uses > though. Mostly for philosophical reasons, I steer clear of any software > written by Dan Bernstein. I don't happen to like his style and none of > his code is open source, certainly not free software. His claim of > bug-free code sounds an awful lot like a tiger-repelling rock to me. > > So my advice is to bite the bullet and learn bind. It's actually not > difficult at all. I got two zones plus replication (zone transfers to a > slave server) up and running in about 15 minutes. Check out examples > online. Like a perl script, there's probably no such thing as an > original BIND configuration.
I think I need to use BIND. I have two servers on my office LAN. One is my primary linux box...production box. The other box runs linux too, but has Zimbra installed. I am told I need to set up a Split DNS, having one box be my Primary Mail Server and the other acting as a Secondary. This, setting up BIND and getting DNS established locally, is all that stands in my way of running Zimbra. Suggestions? -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Sandy Chiropractic Office Dr. Scott S. Jones V: 801.566.5428 MAILING ADDRESS F: 801.858.9300 PO Box 1154 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sandy, Utah 84091-1154 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
