Re: Few questions on Bind

2017-01-05 Thread John Miller
On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 6:11 AM, Tony Finch wrote: > Debarghya Mandal wrote: >> > do, you'll have to write a custom back-end, or use some other more > scriptable DNS software such as PowerDNS. > Thanks, Tony - I didn't quite have the guts to recommend

Re: Few questions on Bind

2017-01-05 Thread Tony Finch
Debarghya Mandal wrote: > > 1. Is there a way to load custom DNS record from zone file? https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3597 Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record (RR) Types It isn't very pretty, though :-) > 2. Once bind loads that data, for certain zones, for

Re: Few questions on Bind

2017-01-04 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jan 4, 2017, at 4:11 PM, Debarghya Mandal wrote: > Hi, > I am kind of new to bind. I have a few queries about it. > > 1. Is there a way to load custom DNS record from zone file? Yes; that's exactly what zone files are for. > I have some schematized data that I

Few questions on Bind

2017-01-04 Thread Debarghya Mandal
Hi, I am kind of new to bind. I have a few queries about it. 1. Is there a way to load custom DNS record from zone file? I have some schematized data that I can store say in json or xml format. I want bind to load that custom record. 2. Once bind loads that data, for certain zones, for