api level docs?

[William Stacey]

Agreed.  To parse/strip it quick, just use a perl script and some regex.

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William Stacey

"Jim Reid" <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote in message
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> >>>>> "Aaron" == Aaron Aston <aaston at gotwisted.com> writes:
>
>     Aaron> I am implementing split dns.  The zones that I have to deal
>     Aaron> with include both internal and external resources, so I do
>     Aaron> not believe that 'views' will help me.
>
> Think again. Views are the cleanest and simplest way to implement
> split DNS.
>
>     Aaron> One of my requirements is that we maintain only a single
>     Aaron> dns 'database'.  As a result, I need to parse and filter
>     Aaron> BIND zone files.  In particular, I need to strip out
>     Aaron> resource records which are 'internal'.
>
> Hmmm. What you should do is maintain all of the zone data in some sort
> of metafile. That'll become your 'database'. You'd then process that
> metafile with a script or two to generate the zone files for the
> internal and external versions of your zones. For bonus points, these
> scripts could include audit trails for change management and sanity
> checks on the generated zone files.
>