syncronizing 2 dns server (windows/linux)

[Michael_google gmail_Gersten]

> And how much did you pay for your copy of BIND?

About 6-8 hours, plus about another 4 total from other people on the
list (easy).

10-12 hours, total, to get something that should be as non-customized,
absolutely stock, as possible.

THAT is the problem.

Again, what is the goal for the BIND distribution: To be used as
easily as possible, or only to be used by people who have time to
invest in reading and understanding the docs totally, who have the
time to invest in making customized configs?

Note that choice (b) includes "Well, we'll let paid package builders
for Redhad, etc, come by after us and make it usable as easily as
possible".

Seriously, how hard is it to include sample config files in a
distribution directory? Do you even need the

// Provide a reverse mapping for the loopback address 127.0.0.1
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
    type master;
    file "localhost.rev";
    notify no;
};

segment in a purely "local cache" name server? Can you get by with a
bare minimum of

options {
    directory "/etc/namedb";           // Working directory
};

and NOTHING ELSE?

The point is: BIND 9 is unusable straight out of the box without
spending a significant amount of time learning what to do next. Are
you folks really happy with that situation?