BIND Versions for SRV Records and Dynamic Update

[Ian Bedson]

Hi Nitin,

Assuming that BIND is running, using this command on your server will
tell you very quickly:

dig version.bind chaos txt @localhost

Regards,

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
Behalf Of Nitin Khurana
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:38 PM
To: DougB at DougBarton.net; bind-users at isc.org
Subject: Re: BIND Versions for SRV Records and Dynamic Update



Could you please tell me how can I find the BIND version  on a Solaris =
machine.=20 I just had a look at the file /usr/include/netdb.h where it
says BIND = 4.9.3 (Is that the right way to confirm the BIND version?? )
and this is = the machine I use as a client to do the dynamic update and
it allows me = the dynamic update and query of SRV records. The DNS
Server I use is a = Linux machine which has a BIND version of 8.2.2.
Could you please explain = me as to what version of bind on the server
and what on the client is = expected to do the dynamic updates.=20

As far as the SRV support is concerned I guess that depends only on the
= Server side Bind Version???

Thanks in advance.

Nitin Khurana.

>>> Doug Barton <DougB at DougBarton.net> 08/13/02 11:18AM >>>

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Nitin Khurana wrote:

>
> Hi,
>    I am looking for the minimum BIND versions required for SRV Record 
> =
=3D
> Support and the minimum BIND versions for the support of dynamic 
> updates =
=3D
> (RFC 2136). Could you please give me that small information?
>      And if you could tell  me what are the default BIND versions that

> =
=3D
> come with Solaris 7 and 8 and with Red Hat Linux 7.1/7.2 ? and with 
> =3D Caldera Linux 3.1

You should be using the latest versions of either BIND 8, or BIND 9,
depending on your preference...  You shouldn't be looking for the oldest
ones.