From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 25 15:16:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from sleepy.wojomedia.com (ns2.wojomedia.com [216.107.102.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CAD8D37B400 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:16:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 30909 invoked by uid 1000); 25 Mar 2002 23:16:12 -0000 Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:16:12 -0600 From: Tim To: Brad Knowles Cc: Terry Lambert , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: qmail (Was: Maintaining Access Control Lists ) Message-ID: <20020325231612.GA30696@sleepy.wojomedia.com> References: <000c01c1d3ab$6d2c6960$6600a8c0@penguin> <20020325015236.A97552@futuresouth.com> <3C9EFED0.DB176CB8@mindspring.com> <20020325115207.GA22032@sleepy.wojomedia.com> <3C9F1A16.207EA23E@mindspring.com> <20020325140022.GA23251@sleepy.wojomedia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 06:47:10PM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: > > First, I am assuming that you serialize the administration > > script (no parallel scripts going on). > > Big shops can't afford to do this. The locking has to be done at > a lower level. Errr, you are going to have to lock/order the update of the named.conf (or its included) file at some point. If you are already doing that, you could very well lock/order the update of your tinydns updates. Depending on your needs, one is easier than the other. > > If primary/secondary has the exact same zones, then with djbdns it > > looks like this: > > > > database -> ns1 > > rsync ns1 ns2 > > Right. But rsync isn't a part of the DNS standard protocol. So what? What DNS protocol allows you to kick/restart the secondary bind server to tell it new zones are available? > > I agree with your points. On the other hand, djbdns > > solves a specific set of user needs very well (basically, those > > that maintain n servers each of which containing the same zones). > > I think it really depends on your needs. > > Sigh.... It looks like I'm going to have to publicly post my > list of 18 things that I have found wrong so far with djbdns, as > opposed to simply sending it privately to a few individuals. So be > it: You make a lot of good points in your list but I'm already aware of most of them. Personally I think if you trim down your list to about 8 points you'd have a LOT more credibility. I'll leave it to somebody else more familiar with dns to answer your issues (although I am unaware of any djbdns expert hanging around in -chat). Once again, it depends on your needs. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message