"Dynamic update of glue records "

[Kevin Darcy]

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote:

> bind-9 seems to accept adding and removal of NS records
>
> But sometimes there is a need for a glue-record , assume for
> the discussion that i delegate foo.bar.se to the nameserver
> "ada.foo.bar.se" , then i will need a glue.
> This glue will be accepted in "bar.se" , but after i have
> added "foo.bar.se 86400 IN NS ada.foo.bar.se." there is
> a delegation point at "foo.bar.se."
>
> Now if one should want another gluerecord for "karl.foo.bar.se."
> will it be inserted in the "bar.se." zone ? Or will the nameserver
> see this as "out-of-zone-data" ?
>
> The RFC's don't seem clear at this. Any thoughts ?

It is possible within the RFC, and you can use the "zone" command of BIND 9's
nsupdate to effect it.


- Kevin