To:
Kenneth Porter <shiva@sewingwitch.com>
Cc:
dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Jim Reid <Jim.Reid@nominum.com>
Date:
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 18:30:16 -0800
In-Reply-To:
Message from Kenneth Porter <shiva@sewingwitch.com> of "Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:31:40 PST." <38327071.1048008700@[10.0.0.4]>
Sender:
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Subject:
Re: "local" zones
>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth Porter <shiva@sewingwitch.com> writes:
Kenneth> While BIND supports dynamic updates within a zone, it
Kenneth> doesn't support dynamic creation and destruction of
Kenneth> entire zones. One would have to restart a server with a
Kenneth> new named.conf when a new bogon list was issued.
Nope. A reconfig will do just fine for all reasonably up to date
versions of BIND. There's no need to restart the server. [That should
only be needed whenever the software is replaced.] Even if there was a
need for BIND to restart, there are other DNS implementations. Although
it's common to confuse the DNS protocol with "what BIND does", this is
a mistake. DNS protocol design shouldn't be predicated on what BIND
can and can't do. However this may be a factor for aspects of a new
protocol like its interoperability considerations.
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