dhcp auto update

[Cricket Liu]

> I'm using Bind 9.1.0 and have a DHCP daemon running on the same
> machine. In older versions of Bind we run a program called DHCP-DNS to
> update new dhcp client names to DNS. Is this still necessary in Bind9?
> If I read the docs correctly, the zones should be auto updated if you
> have the "allow-update" field in the named.conf. Is this correct?

If you run a DHCP daemon that supports dynamic update, like newer
versions of the ISC's DHCP server, yes.

cricket

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