If these are new servers that are only for BIND I'd suggest going with RHEL6 rather than 5.6 - RHEL releases have very long life cycle. When I get a spare moment I intend to update our servers to RHEL6.
We use the RHEL5 BIND package for the reasons you give. However, the way RedHat does things is they go with a base release from upstream (e.g. 9.3 is default for RHEL5.x) then backport security and bug fixes from later base releases into that. This causes confusion because people will post here that they're using 9.3 which makes it look like they aren't paying attention to later updates and all. If you like the latest greatest you could build your own but as I once said to the folks at RedHat: "If I have a dedicated server that only runs BIND and I have to build my own why should I pay for a subscription based Linux?". As you note they now have (as a "bug" request) a later version of the base release available in RHEL 5.x but that isn't the one you'll get updates for with yum. I've suggested to RedHat that they do as they did with Java where they made different base releases (e.g. Java 1.4.2, Java 1.6.0) and provide updates for whichever (or both) you choose to use. -----Original Message----- From: bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces+jlightner=water....@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Mike Diggins Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:45 AM To: bind-us...@isc.org Subject: RHEL5 BIND in PROD I'm about to transition my name servers from Solaris 10 to RedHat Linux 5.6. I'm debating whether to compile BIND directly from source as I usually do or use one of the RHEL packages, likely the newly released 9.7.0-6.P2. I would like to make our DNS a little more appliance based to ease some of the support burden. I'm also concerned with stability over new features. I'm interested to know what others are doing. -Mike _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users Proud partner. Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or attachments. ---------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. ---------------------------------- _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
