Bob that did help, as it gave me a chance to evaluate my choice of deployment. If I wasnt the ONLY *nix geek in the house, my boss would authorize DNS being run on Linux or BSD. BUT until I get my techs up to speed I have to run it on Win
ALAS Anyway I picked BIND over native Win DNS so that what we all learn about BIN will translate to *nix when the techs are ready to make the transistion.. Many thanks & Happy New Year!!! -A On 31 Dec 2002 08:38:07 -0700 Bob McGregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Austin I was running Bind 9.2.2 on NT and > changed to the Linux version as = > there is an issue with 9.2.2 that they are > aware of that bind stops = > responding on the UDP port for some reason. > There is no failure in Bind (= > does not stop) and no event logs are produced. > > here's a brief snippet from my conversation > with Danny Mayer the guru on = > NT Bind: > > > >Are you running NT 4.0 or W2K? There is a > problem in W2K which causes > > >it to stop responding on a UDP socket. This > is due to a Microsoft bug > > >that they introduced in W2K in the protocol. > There is a workaround for = > it > > >in SP2, but it also requires code changes to > BIND, instead of their = > just=20 > > fixing > > >the underlying bug. There is a fix for this > in BIND 9.3.0. > > > > > >Danny > > > > > > >thanks Danny, > > > >I'm running on 4.0 sp6. Where do I get 9.3.0 > for NT? Do you think it = > will > >fix my problem? > > You can't. It's still under development. I > don't know the timetable for=20 > release. > It should fix your problem. > > > Also, I'm not sure you want to solve it with > DNS. Don't you want all = > inbound mail to go through your IMgate and then > get passed to IMail? > > hope this helps... bob > > On Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:23 AM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Good Morning IMGate List. > > > >This is Austin. Me & my number one gun, have > swung the CEO on purchasing = > us > >IMail in leui (sp?) of Exchange. Len and Don > offered some help on the = > learning > >curve, and we're grateful. > >It doesnt look like it will be too bad. > > > >BUT > >I just dl'd ISC Bind 9.2 for NT. > >b/c we couldn't mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >instead we could only mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >I may be wrong but I told her we could fix > this with a cname in BIND. Am = > I > >right/wrong? > >I dont want end users mailing to the hosts > FQDN, just the > >domain name. > > > >Also if ANYONE has a smattering of DNS files > for NT that I can look at = > for > >their domain, I'll FedEx them doughnuts. > > > >Was up past midnight last night, googling > "bind" + "nt" + > >"tutorial" > > > >May as well have been running it on Linux for > what came back > >Did fine until I started making the forward > and reverse zones. Then down = > in > >flames. Anyone with working configs (not the > core files the zone files) = > that > >they dont feel are a risk to share with me, I > sure would love > >you for it. > > > >Thanks > >Probably best to mail me at work or my > coworker > > > >Thanks to ALL, (I dont think this is RTFM) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Take Care & Happy New Year to all of you > >-A > > > > > > > > >
