DDNS Separate Zone or Subzone

[Kevin Darcy]

It should work fine with a subzone. named should never write to a zone
that doesn't have an "allow-update" option. What "subzone records" are
being dumped to the parent zone?


- Kevin

Rich Shetina wrote:

> I think I already know the answer, but I need a sanity check.
>
> If I want to maintain a static DNS zone (ex. myco.com) with
> servers/printers/etc., I should use a separate zone (ex.
> myco-ddns.com) as opposed to a sub-zone (ddns.myco.com), correct?

> I have been doing some testing and I see that the DDNS subzone records
> are dumped to the parent zone file (myco.com).  Knowing that I should
> *NEVER* manually edit a zone file which is dynamically updated, my
> conclusion is that I need a to use a seperate zone.
>
> Could someone please confirm my conclusion or point out my lack of
> brain synapses?