Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-20 Thread Mathew S. McCarrell
You could get really simple if your a small shop and just use dnsmasq. Although, I'm not sure it meets all of your needs. Matt -- Mathew S. McCarrell Clarkson University '10 mccar...@gmail.com mccar...@clarkson.edu 1-518-314-9214 On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > F

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-20 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
From: Hugh E Cruickshank Sent: August 14, 2009 14:18 > > I am looking for some possible recommendations on the handling of our > internal DNS services. First some background... I would like to express my appreciation to all those that responded to my request (particularly Robert). I do not have s

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-20 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
From: Chuck Sent: August 16, 2009 18:17 > > I recommend a highly secured master that is not queried by any > clients (preferably in a network/vlan your clients can't even > access)... then configure one-way zone transfers to 2 or more slave > servers which you configure your clients to point to. M

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-16 Thread Christopher Chan
Chuck wrote: > > I recommend a highly secured master that is not queried by any clients > (preferably in a network/vlan your clients can't even access)... then > configure one-way zone transfers to 2 or more slave servers which you > configure your clients to point to. Maintain your zone files i

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-16 Thread Chuck
I recommend a highly secured master that is not queried by any clients (preferably in a network/vlan your clients can't even access)... then configure one-way zone transfers to 2 or more slave servers which you configure your clients to point to. Maintain your zone files in rcs of some sort... For

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-15 Thread Robert Spangler
On Friday 14 August 2009 23:31, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > > If you are worried about valid config then you should be using > > the tools that > > come with Bind instead of relying on some third party software. > > > > named-checkconf for checking the configuration of Bind > > named-checkzo

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Hugh: > I will check those out but what about the ease of use factor. Would > you suggest something like webmin over had tailoring the config files? I use Webmin for managing DNS. It is a great tool and makes life much easier. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com Will y

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
From: Robert Spangler Sent: August 14, 2009 19:22 > > I would suggest placing one on each site. That way you can cut > the traffic between sites for DNS lookups. I would also ensure that > only one does the updates per domain. That makes sense and is essentially what I was planning to do. > T

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Robert Spangler
On Friday 14 August 2009 21:29, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > From: Robert Spangler Sent: August 14, 2009 16:18 > > > On Friday 14 August 2009 17:17, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > > > Here are my questions... > > > > > > 1. Is the BIND master/slave the appropriate approach? > > > > Yes, you s

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
From: Robert Spangler Sent: August 14, 2009 16:18 > On Friday 14 August 2009 17:17, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > > > Here are my questions... > > > > 1. Is the BIND master/slave the appropriate approach? > > Yes, you should already have something like this in case the > main/master server would

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Robert Spangler
On Friday 14 August 2009 17:17, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > Here are my questions... > > 1. Is the BIND master/slave the appropriate approach? Yes, you should already have something like this in case the main/master server would fail. > 2. Can I have each subnet be a master for itself and a

[CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
Hi All: I am looking for some possible recommendations on the handling of our internal DNS services. First some background... Until recently our entire network was located within a single facility with internal DNS services provided by our CentOS 4.7 (using BIND). While I had problems with DHCP/D