On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 08:38:14PM +0000, Mark Delany wrote:
> > And to answer the second question, about the secondary being updated
> > automatically when a new zone is added - uh.. excuse me?
>
> You're excused.
>
> > Are you saying this is possible with BIND?
>
> Yes, it's called NOTIFY.
>
Doesn't NOTIFY only work when the server is _already_ configured as a
secondary for the zone in question? If I've got zone foo.org in two BIND
servers, primary on a.foo.org and secondary on b.foo.org, and then I add
zone bar.org to server a.foo.org, I must then reconfigure server
b.foo.org as a secondary _before_ it will initiate a zone transfer of
bar.org? Please correct me if I'm wrong here...
> > The primary server "pushing" a zone on the secondaries - "here,
> > have this, my admin tells me you want to mirror it"?
>
> No. It notifies the secondary that there is a change, it's up to the
> secondary to initiate the transfer.
>
> > If this were true (and I sure think it isn't), it'd be just one more
> > reason to stay away from BIND..
>
> Right conclusion, wrong rationale.
If BIND exhibits this behaviour (of my above comments, and it's my
impression that this was the question being asked), then I'd agree -- it
would be a _very_ good reason to stay the hell away from BIND.... Not
that I need another. ;)
>
>
> Regards.
--
Greg White
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent
revolution inevitable.
-- John F. Kennedy
