Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:16:12 -0600 From: Tim <tim@sleepy.wojomedia.com> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: qmail (Was: Maintaining Access Control Lists ) Message-ID: <20020325231612.GA30696@sleepy.wojomedia.com> In-Reply-To: <p05101519b8c51042d9db@[10.0.1.8]> References: <p05101505b8c430e28572@[10.0.1.9]> <000c01c1d3ab$6d2c6960$6600a8c0@penguin> <p05101509b8c47b17d088@[10.0.1.8]> <20020325015236.A97552@futuresouth.com> <p0510150eb8c48ba6b1f4@[10.0.1.8]> <3C9EFED0.DB176CB8@mindspring.com> <20020325115207.GA22032@sleepy.wojomedia.com> <3C9F1A16.207EA23E@mindspring.com> <20020325140022.GA23251@sleepy.wojomedia.com> <p05101519b8c51042d9db@[10.0.1.8]>
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 06:47:10PM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: > > First, I am assuming that you serialize the administration > > script (no parallel scripts going on). > > Big shops can't afford to do this. The locking has to be done at > a lower level. Errr, you are going to have to lock/order the update of the named.conf (or its included) file at some point. If you are already doing that, you could very well lock/order the update of your tinydns updates. Depending on your needs, one is easier than the other. > > If primary/secondary has the exact same zones, then with djbdns it > > looks like this: > > > > database -> ns1 > > rsync ns1 ns2 > > Right. But rsync isn't a part of the DNS standard protocol. So what? What DNS protocol allows you to kick/restart the secondary bind server to tell it new zones are available? > > I agree with your points. On the other hand, djbdns > > solves a specific set of user needs very well (basically, those > > that maintain n servers each of which containing the same zones). > > I think it really depends on your needs. > > Sigh.... It looks like I'm going to have to publicly post my > list of 18 things that I have found wrong so far with djbdns, as > opposed to simply sending it privately to a few individuals. So be > it: You make a lot of good points in your list but I'm already aware of most of them. Personally I think if you trim down your list to about 8 points you'd have a LOT more credibility. I'll leave it to somebody else more familiar with dns to answer your issues (although I am unaware of any djbdns expert hanging around in -chat). Once again, it depends on your needs. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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