DNS Management

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Robinson <jeff at learnix.com> writes:

    Jeff> Jim, QIP 5.x uses RFC 2136 compliant DDNS to update its DNS
    Jeff> servers from DHCP servers.

    Jeff> The proprietary protocol is used from the DHCP service to
    Jeff> update the back-end Sybase or Oracle database.
    Jeff> QIP 5.x works just fine with ISC's BIND.

Thanks for the clarification. If QIP has finally got rid of its
proprietary name server cache updating mechanism, that has to be a
Good Thing. What about updates made to that Sybase or Oracle database,
say by a system administrator? Do these use RFC 2136 compliant updates
or not?