"DNS server for Windows XP?"

[Danny Mayer]

At 12:23 AM 9/8/2004, Jim McAtee wrote:
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Mayer" <mayer at gis.net>
>To: "Virgo_guy" <swcols at hotmail.com>; <comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 10:14 PM
>Subject: Re: "DNS server for Windows XP?"
>
>
>>At 03:47 PM 9/4/2004, Virgo_guy wrote:
>>>Is there such a thing as a DNS server for windows xp for use on a
>>>windows XP only home LAN network (no server)?
>>
>>BIND 9 runs quite well on Windows XP.
>>
>>>If there is is it secure?=20
>>
>>BIND 9.3.0 (in release candidate now rc4) is as secure as can be.
>>It runs as a service under a named account with minimum privilege.
>>If it's internal only then security is not an issue.
>>
>>>Also, I am running a firewall router.
>>
>>Inside the firewall there's no problem.
>
>Danny, I haven't looked at BIND 9.3.0 yet.  Is running under a user 
>account now a requirement for running 9.3.0 on all Windows platforms?  Or 
>are you just saying it's now possible to run with minimum privileges 
>whereas it wasn't possible previously?  I take the installation is a bit 
>different from prior versions where BIND's dlls were installed in system 
>directories?

No, it's for security. You can do it for any version of BIND. However, the 
installer
didn't have the smarts until 9.3.0 to set it up. You can do this manually but
requires a set of instructions. It's not just a matter of adding a user 
account.
In fact it shouldn't be a user account. It's not a matter of where the 
dll's and exe's
are installed. That doesn't matter at all.

Danny