Leases on Dynamic Updates?
dan at dcrdev.demon.co.uk
dan at dcrdev.demon.co.uk
Tue Jan 29 09:47:51 UTC 2008
Thanks Danny,
I understand where you are coming from however the use of this mechanism needn't be limited to use with a DHCP server. Amongst other things Bonjour/ZeroConf can make use of it without requiring the presence of a DHCP server at all.
Best,
Dan.
mayer at ntp.isc.org wrote:
> Chris Buxton wrote:
> > The proposal expired almost a year ago. Has it been updated, replaced,
> > or ratified?
> >
> > It's a good idea, similar to Microsoft's aging and scavenging routine.
> > Optimally, it would be nice if Microsoft and the proposed standard
> > could be brought into line; since MS has been doing this now for 8
> > years or so, I think any proposal should use Microsoft's mechanism,
> > assuming it's not too broken.
> >
> > However, this is a discussion for a different forum. To answer your
> > question, no, BIND does not support the expiring of RR's from
> > authoritative data. (Unless I've missed something...)
> >
>
> I disagree. The DHCP server owns the lease on the address. It knows when
> it expires and is not renewed. Let it perform the DNS cleanup.
>
> Danny
>
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