Hasn't tinyDNS been used for super-large installations? On Feb 8, 2008 4:31 PM, Oren Held <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe you should read about Dynamic DNS: it's a protocol extension (bind & MS > DNS support it for years). > When enabled, bind actually uses journal (.jnl) files for each zone, and > synchronises the text files only when requested to (i.e. when doing service > named stop). In this mode you shouldn't edit the text files manually when > bind is alive! > > Dynamic DNS lets you make changes live, forgetting that these text files > exist. It's simply a protocol extension which allows sending updates (i.e. > add this record, remove that, etc). > > 'nsupdate' is bind's not-too-friendly tool for doing these updates, > Perl's Net::DNS allows you to write your customised stuff. I once wrote > http://hostupd.sf.net to ease this task, although keep in mind it's not > maintained anymore. > > I don't see why you dislike text files so much. This simplicity has many > advantages. As I see it, the big disadvantages of dns-zones-as-text-files are > in the EDITING process (multiple edits at once, locking, mistakes which ruin > the whole zone). These disadvantages are solved by using Dynamic DNS. As for > storage in text files, sounds cool to me, even for big zones. > > "Peace Sabbath", > > - Oren > > > On Thursday, 7 February 2008 14:51:06 David L. Smith wrote: > > Does anybody know how one goes about managing a DNS server with tens or > > hundreds of thousands of addresses ? > > > > >From searching around I get the impression that everybody re-invents the > > > > wheel for themselves, and either manually edit text files, or > > dynamically generate them. All solutions based on more scalable > > technologies than textfiles seem to be either immature (eg bind-dlz), > > limited in features(long list) or not widely used. > > > > It seems unimaginable that a technology so established and widespread > > would be lacking what I would see as a sensible scalable implementation. > > Am I missing something ? > > > > David > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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