UNIX v Win2k

[Len Conrad]

>Has anyone had experience off migrating from UNIX BIND 8 to Windows 2000 
>for DNS use.

Obviously a management decision. :))  But you're in luck, BIND8 and 9 run 
fine on NT, W2K and XP.

>I am mostly looking for dis-advantages of this method, there a million and one
>sites on the web proclaiming the greatness of Microsoft products but not all
>that many who actually tell you the truth of what it is bad at and what falls
>over frequently.

If these will be public NS's, note that W2K DNS cannot not restrict 
recursion selectively, it's recursion yes or no.  If you turn recursion on, 
then all of internet will be able to use your NS's, with possible cache 
poisoning, resource exhaustion, and cache buildup for users and crackers. 
You'll also have to read up on the MS site about how to hack W2K DNS to 
make it secure.

Len



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