NS record question

[Bob Vance]

Thanks, Roy.
I feel that amplitude of the oscillations is dying down :)


>In general people upgrade their servers & tools for a reason. One can
be
>the new goodies or keeping up with the latest material, or just plainly
>following a learning curve.

I'm actually no longer responsible for corporate DNS.
So, while not exactly doing it for fun -- well yes, there is *always*
that element for us, right :) -- I do have much latitude in what I do
with it and want to keep up as close as possible.

The reason I recently tried BIND9 is, I that was thinking (no lie :)

   "Gosh.  There sure seem to be a lot of RCs coming out for BIND9.
    I feel a little like a "user" [in a pejorative sense].
    Here these guys are busting their butts and I'm not doing
    *anything* to help -- still lazily sloggin' around with BIND8.
    At least I could start running BIND9 and see if I find
    anything, even as unlikely as that'll be given the operating
    environments.
   "

So I really *am* trying to be a good citizen :)



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-----Original Message-----
From: roy at node10c4d.a2000.nl [mailto:roy at node10c4d.a2000.nl]On Behalf Of
Roy Arends
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 10:41 AM
To: Bob Vance
Cc: bind-users at isc.org
Subject: RE: NS record question


Bob,

Thanks for clarifying your thoughts and concerns. I think we can agree
to
differ on the details and the small print.

We're not so far apart when it comes to the upgrading issue.

If you want the new goodies, upgrade to 9. Yes, it's not a simple
installing over bind 8 issue. There are some details that need to be
looked after, specified in the migration doc. I say upgrade to 9 when I
actually mean: don't expect the new goodies in bind 8.

If bind 8 works for the environment one is responsible for, don't
upgrade.

In general people upgrade their servers & tools for a reason. One can be
the new goodies or keeping up with the latest material, or just plainly
following a learning curve.

I do ofcourse not recommend an ad-hoc/fun upgrade for productions
servers.
For any servers for that matter. I could never understand companies
which
overnight upgraded their whole machinepark from one OS to another.

Regards,

Roy Arends
Nominum