Bill Moran wrote:
> > > Are you saying you use DHCP for servers? If so, maybe
> > > I should shut up and listen for a while because
> > > apparently there's something here I can learn.
DNSUPDAT: You DHCP server fixes up your DNS, so that
your "FILESERVER1" is always "FILESERVER1", regardless
of its IP address.
> > I did for a long time because I simply couldn't get a
> > static IP from my ISP. Hell, I'd love to use it now,
> > then I wouldn't have to make sure I hardcode the
> > IP/route/netmask/etc. into all my startup scripts on
> > every box. But maybe convenience is a bad thing.
>
> Hmmm ... but I'm talking about servers in general. It's
> one thing to have a dynamic IP on the outside of a
> firewall machine, but do you have a dynamic IP on the
> inside? Do other servers use dynamic IPs when they aren't
> forced to?
Sure. You aren't supposed to find services with DNS,
anyway: you are supposed to use SLP.
See http://www.openslp.org/ ...I did the patches that
made it so it would compile and run on FreeBSD, and
they included them.
You should also note the BSD license on the code...
-- Terry
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