Church, Charles
Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:43:17 -0800
Thank you all for your responses. Doesn't seem like a real consensus, but at least I've got a few issues to bounce off the two vendors.
Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Frank Bulk [mailto:frnk...@iname.com] Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 12:52 AM To: Church, Charles; nsp-cisco Subject: RE: OT - Infoblox vs. Bluecat We've been using Bluecat for several years in a SP environment primarily for DHCP and we've had a tough go of it, with the product, people, and support (contact me off-list for more detail). Based on our experience, I think it's a better fit in an enterprise environment with a single DHCP/DNS administrator. A few months ago I had a web-based presentation and demo of the Infoblox product and would probably buy their product the next time. In regards to IPv6 support, this is from the BlueCat's Adonis v6.0.1 release notes: - DNS Service is not supported on XHA in IPv6 networks. - Cannot configure an IPv6 address on an NIC. When I asked about DHCPv6, this was the tech support person's response: "What do you mean by DHCPv6?" And this coming from a DHCP/DNS appliance vendor. When I pointed them to the Wikipedia article, they came back and said they don't support it. When I asked for an ETA, they wrote back "I am sorry, but I don't have any ETA." I then asked if the support DNS over IPv6, and they wrote back "I am sorry but, we don't support DNS over IPv6." So unless things have changed drastically from late October, it would appear that BlueCat's claims for IPv6 support are false. Frank -----Original Message----- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Church, Charles Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 9:10 AM To: nsp-cisco Subject: [c-nsp] OT - Infoblox vs. Bluecat I apologize for this being fairly OT for a Cisco list, but I figured someone on here has touched some DNS gear before. Anyone work with Infoblox and Bluecat, and run across a significant reason to choose one over another? I've googled, but most articles are 5 years or more old. Off-line responses encouraged. The planned use is for govt, so full access to the kernel is nice for hardening/verification. Also need TSIG, DNSSEC, and IPv6 support, which they both claim to have, as they're both based on recent bind. Secure mgmt such as SNMPv3, SSHv2, and SSL would be nice. Thanks in advance, Chuck _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/