Dynamic DNS persistence

[Kevin Darcy]

Adrian Inman wrote:

> I am using bind9 on debian woody to provide forward and reverse dns for a
> local network. The problem is that while the system is working properly -
> allocating and deallocating records, I would like the reverse records to
> persist either until the client re-registers or fully releases its address
> as when the batch log processing runs - such as SARG, only the machines
> still on produce proper reverse addresses.

Well, BIND only deletes a record if it is told to delete the record. I think
your problem is more about the configuration of your DHCP server (or
DHCP clients, if they're the ones doing the Dynamic Updates), than it is
about BIND.


- Kevin