Create a 10.in-addr.arpa zone with appropriate delegations and have all servers serve it. That way they can all find te sub zones.
-- Mark Andrews > On 16 Sep 2023, at 10:16, John Thurston <john.thurs...@alaska.gov> wrote: > > > A host which auto-registers in MS DNS, creates an A in foo.alaska.gov and PTR > in whatever.10.in-addr.arpa. MS DNS is happy to publish those. > > But the DNS system running on BIND also has a whatever.10.in-addr.arpa zone. > > So if I want to find the PTR for 13.12.11.10.in-addr.arpa, I must query both > DNS systems in turn. If I get NXDOMAIN from both, then I can say the PTR > doesn't exist. > > On each system, I'd like to be able to take the 10.in-addr.arpa data from the > other, compute the differences, and incorporate them locally. Then I'll be > able to query either system, and accept an NXDOMAIN with confidence. > > And since writing my earlier note, I have re-located the code I think I > stumbled across earlier > > Tony Finch's "nsdiff" > > > > https://dotat.at/prog/nsdiff/ > > > > -- > Do things because you should, not just because you can. > > John Thurston 907-465-8591 > john.thurs...@alaska.gov > Department of Administration > State of Alaska > On 9/15/2023 2:21 PM, Greg Choules wrote: >> Hi John. >> Can you tell me a bit more please? >> - What zones exist in both BIND and MS DNS for something.10.in-addr.arpa? >> - Where are hosts auto registering to? I'd guess MS, but it would be good to >> confirm. >> - What does fragmentation look like? A few real examples would be useful. >> I'm trying to understand just what is the problem. >> - How much of 10 do you use? >> - What do you mean by "...can be published from two different DNS >> services."? Could you expand on that please? >> - Is there any zone transfer between BIND and MS DNS? >> >> Thanks, Greg >> >> On Fri, 15 Sept 2023 at 21:00, John Thurston <john.thurs...@alaska.gov> >> wrote: >>> This question involves making our BIND system work with Microsoft's DNS >>> software. If this makes it off-topic, let me know and I'll be quiet about >>> it. >>> >>> We use ISC BIND to hold and host most of our zone data. Internally, we have >>> delegated some zones, and they are held in Microsoft DNS. These zones are >>> used for MS Active Directory 'Domains', and accept auto-registration of DNS >>> records from authorized hosts. Because we are using 10-dot addresses >>> internally, the auto-registration by hosts causes fragmentation of the >>> 10.in-addr.arpa zone data. >>> >>> I recall someone once offered a bit of code to mash this zone data back >>> together, so the same information can be published from two different DNS >>> services. I've hunted through this list's archive and have not found the >>> reference. Before I go roll my own, can anyone point me at an existing >>> solution? >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Do things because you should, not just because you can. >>> >>> John Thurston 907-465-8591 >>> john.thurs...@alaska.gov >>> Department of Administration >>> State of Alaska >>> > -- > Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from > this list > > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
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