Thanks William, To be honest, I don't want the work but one of the reasons I'm a Linux user is because I like mucking around with stuff like that.
Thanks for the thoughts....still thinking. J ----- Start Original Message ----- From: William Astle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CLUG General <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] DNS Recommendations > Jon wrote: > > First question is: how complicated is this? To give you an idea of my skill > > level, I find web servers easy, but MTAs very complex. Where would > > installing, configuring, and managing my own DNS fall on that scale? > > DNS itself is not terribly complex when you're just doing simple things > like MX records and pointing www.domain.com at an IP address. Once you > get your head around the terminology and the zone file format for the > software you're using, it's relatively easy. In fact, it's probably > easier than dealing with Apache. > > Even using BIND as the name server software, it's not terribly > difficult. I would recommend giving a recent edition of DNS & Bind a > read before starting out though, just so you are fully up on > terminology, etc. > > > Second question: would *you* bother doing it, or recommend just sticking > > with Zone Edit? > > The advantage of sticking with someone like Zone Edit is that they have > bigger infrastructure and are less likely to get knocked off the net by > various things that might occur. They've likely got redundant hardware, > data centers, and so on. Not to mention people who keep on top of > security updates to the software and so on. > > If you decide to go it on your own, you'll need to keep on top of > security bulletins and so on for the DNS software as well as the other > stuff you run. And, of course, there's one more thing you have to fix if > it breaks. Only you can do the cost-benefit analysis. > > Personally, I'd do it myself but then I know exactly what I'm doing. YMMV. > > -- > William Astle > finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further information > > Geek Code V3.12: GCS/M/S d- s+:+ !a C++ UL++++$ P++ L+++ !E W++ !N w--- > !D !M PS PE V-- Y+ PGP t+@ 5++ X !R tv+@ b+++@ !DI D? G e++ h+ y? > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > ----- End Original Message ----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
