BIND 4 to BIND 8 differences

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	Why did you post this twice?

	If your zone files were legal according to the various RFC's
	then yes it is as easy as convert named.boot to named.conf
	and restart.  Note as time has gone on BIND has required
	stricter comformance.

	My recommendation is to convert the named.boot to named.conf,
	start the new named and check the logs for errors being
	reported.  If you have a lot save the errors and go back to
	version 4 while you correct the errors reported.

	Note named will warn (8.2+) if there is no $TTL saying that
	it is using soa minumum instead, ignore these warnings
	until you have switched over then correct them.

	The only other gotcha is that named now used a system assigned
	port for its own queries.  This can be controlled via query
	source.  If you have a firewall between you and the world at
	large you may want to fix the port.

	Mark
> 
> I need to update our 4.x servers to 8.x. What are the major differences,
> if any,
> in table structure? I know that the named.boot file turns into
> named.conf, that looks
> totally different from the BIND 4 named.boot.
> 
> Does the script that converts your named.boot file to a named.conf file
> that comes
> with the new version of BIND really work like it says it does? Some of
> the documentation
> that I have read made this upgrade sound like its not going to be a big
> deal, but it just
> doesn't seem like it should be as easy to do this upgrade as they make
> it out to be.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe
> 
> 
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