BIND 8.2.3-T5B and Win2kSP1 DNS: What works and what doesn't?

[Danny Mayer]

		Someone posted a pointer to Microsoft's site pages on DNS.  You
 should check there.  If you're not using WINS, why not dump MS DNS and
 go with BIND 8.2.x?   At least we could answer questions here.

				Danny

At 07:13 PM 11/12/00 -0600, Shawn Barnhart wrote:
>
>I've been having several problems getting BIND and Win2k DNS to work
>together.  I'm not using Active Directory, just simple primaries and
>secondaries.  Here's my summary of what works for me and what doesn't.
>I'd love commentary from people using both in a mixed primary/secondary
>mode.
>
>What works for me:
>
>Initial zone transfer Win2K Primary->Bind Secondary
>
>Importing Bind zone files locally as Win2k primaries or secondaries
>
>BIND notify->Win2k triggering zone transfer
>
>Generic name resolution
>
>What doesn't work for me:
>
>Zone transfer Bind primary->Win2k secondary. I'll qualify -- I've gotten
>it to work if I create the Win2k secondary, have it fail, stop the Win2k
>DNS service, copy in the BIND zone file to the Win2k machine, restart
>DNS service.  Magically Win2k accepts the secondary and will properly
>perform subsequent zone transfers.
>
>BIND secondaries to Win2k primaries seem to ignore serial number
>updates.  If I delete the cache and restart, I get a zone transfer.  If
>I make some change that affects the serial number I *don't* get a zone
>transfer, even if I kill named and restart it.
>
>Is there a FAQ or some guide as to how interoperable BIND and Win2k are
>supposed to be?  I had always assumed that this basic interoperability
>would work, but I'm at a loss as to why I've had poor luck -- I've never
>had any problems with the zones I run and getting basic stuff like zone
>transfers been primaries and secondaries to work.
>