Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:09:46 +1100 (EDT) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: gordon@drogon.net (Gordon Henderson) Cc: steve@visint.co.uk, sthaug@nethelp.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIND 8.1.1 Message-ID: <199711252211.OAA06770@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971125204643.13531A-100000@unicorn> from "Gordon Henderson" at Nov 25, 97 08:50:06 pm
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In some mail from Gordon Henderson, sie said: > > Converting the zone files from 4.X format to 8.x format might not be a > trivial task for some people. True, there is a little perl script which > will do the bulk of the work, but for an ISP who acts as secondary for > 1000's of their customers zones, they also have to make sure that they can > get the information in the right format from their customer! Well, it shouldn't take long to write a perl script to convert that information into an entry for BIND 8 if they're already passing you something to plug into the BIND 4 .conf file. Configuration file difference aside, either someone takes the plunge and merges all the BIND 8 features into BIND 4.9.6 (creating a BIND 4.10 or wahtever) and continually updates to match or FreeBSD changes to BIND 8 (a much more sensible idea). Personally, aside from the new parts to the configuration file (which I believe add lots of gnarly new features), I find the new syntax much easier to read and more intuitive. Sure your file might be bigger, but it won't hurt your brain as much. Darren
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