Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 04:37:27 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Kristian Vaaf" <vaaf@broadpark.no>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: How to convert BIND to TinyDNS? Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEECMFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <4704cd467549.43b68310@broadpark.no>
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Why are you bothering? TinyDNS isn't the "standard" nameserver that everyone and their dog has been using for time out of mind. The people that push it seem to like it because it's simpler, that is all well and good but you still have to live in the world where everyone else uses The Big B, so I think the onus is on the TinyDNS people to understand what the defacto standard is, not the other way around. If I want to ride a motorcycle on the road I have to understand the laws that govern cars, but car drivers don't have to understand the laws that cover motorcyclists. That is the penalty you pay for being in a minority, too bad, so sad, but the world doesen't give you any sympathy, so why are you? If you have a situation where you have an inexperienced person that is supposed to be administering the zone files, and you don't trust him, then load webmin and have them use that. The bind config module in webmin is very good, we have been using it for years. In fact I strongly recommend against editing the zone files by hand, since formatting errors can make named act very funny. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kristian Vaaf >Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:10 AM >To: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: How to convert BIND to TinyDNS? > > > >Hello! > >I am trying to provide the administrator of my upcoming NS2 >with my zonefiles >in the TinyDNS format. But I am having some trouble >comprehending its format. > >Perhaps the simplicity got to me. > >Here is my BIND setup: http://www.home.no/hedhnta/namedb > >Here is my imagined TinyDNS equivalent, written as simply as possible: > >+mydomain.com::* > >+ns1.mydomain.com:213.187.112.70 >+ns2.mydomain.com:217.155.55.77 >+ns3.mydomain.com:208.139.133.90 > >@mydomain.com::ninja > >+ninja.mydomain.lan:192.168.187.1 >+halim.mydomain.lan:192.168.187.2 > >+domain1.com::* >+domain2.com::* >+domain3.com::* >+domain4.com::* >+domain5.com::* > >I have googled like crazy to find a decent script to do this >conversion for me. >This was all I found, and it didn't go too well: > >./bind-to-tinydns example.com output output.tmp < db.erralionic.com >warning: line 8: ignoring out-of-zone data >fatal: line 16: RR tried to inherit owner from previous record, >but there was no previous RR > >Thanks! > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/216 - Release Date: >12/29/2005 >
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