unapporved update

[Michael Voight]

So, doesn't this mean you simply need a DNS server that supports
RFC2052, and not really a WIN 2000 DNS box.

Michael

Barry Finkel wrote:
> 
> > Why does a WIN 2000 server need a WIN 2000 DNS box?
> 
> Because WIN 2000 registers arbitrary resource records in DNS via
> RFC 2052 - records such as
> 
>      a) where are the Primary Domain Controllers?
>      b) where are the LDAP servers?
>      c) what services are available on which server?
>      d) et alia
> 
> Anything that used to be stored in WINS (Windows Internet Name Server)
> is now stored in DNS.  The server will update DNS dynamically (RFC
> 2136).  I have not looked at update records in detail (except for a
> 2000 Workstation trying to register itself), but I am told that as a
> new Server comes online, it will try to register all of its services in
> DNS.  When the server is removed, its services are unregistered.
> 
> The MAJOR problem is this - RFC 2052 is listed as "experimental", and
> the last time I checked, 2052bis had not yet been released from the IETF
> working group.  The ONLY implementation of 2052 is the Microsoft
> DNS that comes with Windows 2000, and I am not about to replace my
> BIND 8.1.2 with a MS DNS.  I do not want all of the future Windows 2000
> boxes on campus here doing dynamic updates to our BIND DNS zones.
> 
> If there is interest I can post my summary of the WIN 2000 Workstation
> dynamic update requests.
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