is DDNS for me?

[Adam Lang]

Here is another relevant question.  What version of Bind should be used if
you want to use DDNS in production (but I'll be using the ISC DHCP server to
do the updates, not client computers)?

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Reid" <jim at rfc1035.com>
To: "Brad Knowles" <brad.knowles at skynet.be>
Cc: "Kevin Darcy" <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com>; <bind-users at isc.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: is DDNS for me?


> >>>>> "Brad" == Brad Knowles <brad.knowles at skynet.be> writes:
>
>     Brad> At 7:00 PM -0400 4/4/01, Kevin Darcy wrote:
>
>     Brad> Now, it is my understanding that once a zone is maintained
>     Brad> with nsupdate, you can't maintain it any other way
>
> Yes. Though the zone file could be updated by hand if Dynamic DNS is
> switched off. ie There's only one way of updating the zone in use at a
> a particular time. Editing a dynamically updated zone file is
> dangerous: what if a dynamic update comes in while the file is being
> edited by hand? The results are unpredictable.
>