Re: ProBIND2 (Re: DNS: BIND vs. WinDNS)
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 12/14/05, Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turns out there's ProBIND2, and it's SWEET. You might mention *why*... :-) And you might also include a URL. As Ben mentioned, sure, we could google for it, or look on freshmeat, but if you can, why not help others save time when you can. Another benefit that at least I derive from having the URL in the e-mail is the ability to instantly bookmark it to my del.icio.us account with relevant tags. I've found this to be immensely useful for all sorts of things. Not the least of which is, later when either I have time, or someone asks me about something, I can usually remember the minimal fact that I bookmarked *something* to delicious and using the related tags search, quickly find it. It's usually a lot faster than googling for things or searching e-mail archives :) -- Seeya, Paul ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: ProBIND2 (Re: DNS: BIND vs. WinDNS)
On Dec 14, 2005, at 8:21 PM, Travis Roy wrote: Not to pick on you in particular, Travis, as much to make a general point: you say you have a large number of domains, and I'd be curious as to the order of magnitude, just to get the big picture. For what it's worth, this is great even if you're only managing a few domains. It doesn't matter what you consider large. Including reverse lookup zones, when I implemented this, I think I managed 2 views with about 10 zones in one and about 20 in the other. That's probably small game to anyone who's asking a question like you're asking now, but realistically, it'll scale as much as you want it to. If the list of zones gets too big to have in the left column even, you can hide it specifically because the author expected someone might not want to see a full list of their zones in the left column. That's what search is for. By the way, Paul: http://probind2.sourceforge.net/ -N ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: ProBIND2 (Re: DNS: BIND vs. WinDNS)
Not to pick on you in particular, Travis, as much to make a general point: you say you have a large number of domains, and I'd be curious as to the order of magnitude, just to get the big picture. just under 900 zone files, including reverse zones. Managing by hand is a PITA ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: ProBIND2 (was: DNS: BIND vs. WinDNS)
On Dec 15, 2005, at 09:00, Neil Schelly wrote: It doesn't matter what you consider large. Including reverse lookup zones, when I implemented this, I think I managed 2 views with about 10 zones in one and about 20 in the other. Does it grok views? That is, when adding/changing/deleting an address can it (maybe through rules you specify) make those changes through multiple views with appropriate addresses for each view? Now _that_ would save me a bunch of time. -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/Pager: 603.442.1833 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Text: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: ProBIND2 (was: DNS: BIND vs. WinDNS)
On Dec 15, 2005, at 09:00, Neil Schelly wrote: It doesn't matter what you consider large. Including reverse lookup zones, when I implemented this, I think I managed 2 views with about 10 zones in one and about 20 in the other. Does it grok views? That is, when adding/changing/deleting an address can it (maybe through rules you specify) make those changes through multiple views with appropriate addresses for each view? Now _that_ would save me a bunch of time. That it doesn't do. It actually doesn't really have any knowledge of views to begin with. In my case, I set it up where the DNS servers were configured with a named.conf that setup the views with include statements in each. The includes for each view were external/named.conf and internal/named.conf which went into the subdirectories where ProBIND2 built it's config files. Ultimately, it doesn't really support views, but so long as you don't mind managing the databases separately, it still simplifies matters a good deal. -N ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: ProBIND2 (Re: DNS: BIND vs. WinDNS)
On 12/14/05, Travis Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turns out there's ProBIND2, and it's SWEET. You might mention *why*... :-) (Yes, I know I could Google for it myself, and research it, and all that. But: Travis has already done (at least a little of) that. If he posts his thoughts once, we all benefit from it. Big benefit multiplier there. Plus I find it more useful when opinions come from a known quantity, rather then some random person on the web. (Not everyone here knows Travis, of course, but they at least have his post history to go by.) (And, yes, I *am* going for a world record for most convoluted use of parenthetical remarks. (Just in case you were wondering. (I know you probably weren't.)) (Yes, I'm kidding (about the world record part).))) -- Ben M, parentheses Scott ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
