A couple of years ago, I tried using nsupdate to modify a dynamic (DHCP) IP
address for my very simple domain. It worked, except that it totally messed up
the organization of the zone file. Since the file only has 44 active lines
(which are organized logically), I maintain it by hand. After
On 23/04/2021 14:24, Greg Donohoe wrote:
Hi Greg,
> In regards to the nsupdate, what is the best way to secure the connection,
> so to ensure that only my local server can make the amendments to the
> remote server named & zone files?
> I dont want anyone/anything else other than my local
Thanks for the input Anand.
Yes there is still some confusion on my part as to which option to use to
best fir my current environment.
In regards to the nsupdate, what is the best way to secure the connection,
so to ensure that only my local server can make the amendments to the
remote server
Hi Greg,
You don't need to SSH into a remote server to do dynamic DNS updates!
The "nsupdate" tool can send the dynamic DNS updates directly to your
remote server over the DNS protocol.
You appear to be confused about what the various tools do, so here's a
summary:
1. ssh is used to log into a
Thank you for the suggestions. I am looking into those now.
Yes we can run nsupdate again on the remote server but I would still need
to connect to the remote server to do this.
We were thinking of using SSH to the remote server but we want to explore
any other option rather than SSH for the
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