DYnamic DNS

[Kevin Darcy]

See RFC 2136.

                                                        - Kevin
John Smith wrote:

> what's dynamic DNS anywy?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com>
> To: <comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 12:42 PM
> Subject: Re: DYnamic DNS
>
> >
> > In a zone statement. See "allow-update" in doc/html/zone.html in the
> > "doc" tarball of the BIND distribution. "allow-update" takes an "address
> > match list", which is described in a different HTML document, and as I
> said
> > can include address and/or key references.
> >
> >
> > - Kevin
> >
> > Tom Kondoff wrote:
> >
> > > I'm curious about this also. Where do you specify "allow update"?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: kcd at daimlerchrysler.com [mailto:kcd at daimlerchrysler.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 11:46 AM
> > > To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at moderators.isc.org
> > > Subject: Re: DYnamic DNS
> > >
> > > I'm not aware of any such HOWTO, but is it really that
> > > difficult? Configure zones with "allow-update" statements (using
> > > IP addresses, or, if you wish secured updates, key names, or a mix of
> > > both), then use "nsupdate" (with the -k option if you're using keys),
> > > some other standalone Dynamic Update utility, or an API, to make the
> > > updates.
> > >
> > > The only real gotcha that comes to mind is that you can't really mix
> > > Dynamic Update with "static" update mechanisms (i.e. modifications of
> > > the zone file, $INCLUDE or $GENERATE directives, etc.) for any given
> > > zone, since "named" will periodically overwrite the zonefile, destroying
> > > whatever changes you've made through means other than Dynamic Update. So
> > > it's pretty much an "all or nothing" switchover for each zone.
> > >
> > > - Kevin
> > >
> > > Dennis wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all...
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure this has been covered a million times before.
> > > > Is there a "Dynamic DNS" Howto ?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Dennis
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