Dynamic update on several servers

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Thu Apr 12 12:01:50 UTC 2001


> 
> Hello,
> 
> We have some DNS Server and we want/need to add or remove records (dynamic,
> ddns).
> 
> Unfortunately, as soon as the update succeeds on one server, it quits
> trying to update
> the other servers. We really need to update the other servers too.

	Why?  Dynamic DNS is build around updating the master
	which will then distribute the changes using NOTIFY and
	IXFR if available otherwise AXFR.  If your nameservers
	are not setup to support this model then DDNS is not for
	you.

> 
> I've found a patch for Bind8.1 (res_update.c), but we are using bind8.2.3.
> 
> Is there any known solution, a patch or an easy work-around??? I guess it
> must be somewhere in the res_send.c !?
> 
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Matthias Scherrer
> System Engineer UNIX
> Systor AG
> Peter Merian Strasse 84
> 4002 Basel
> Switzerland
> matthias.scherrer at systor.com
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Nominum Inc.
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