[THIN] Re: configuring BIND for use as DNS with Win2k3 Terminal Server?
- From: richard van beers <richard.van.beers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:25:54 +0100
> Well if you already have W2K3 which it sounds like you do, it really is not
> an extra cost as DNS is a service part of W2K3 server package which you have
> already paid for.
Sure sure. I wont let my silly principles get in the way of practical
matters. ;-) Still, without it, or without media player, without
Iexplorer, without Outlook and without another zillion un-asked for
products, the CALS for Windows could be far cheaper. You DO remember
we are talking about a convicted "greedy pig" monopoly expander yeah?
Im sure MS loves to replace Apache with IIS and BIND with MS DNS, but
do I? The principle answer is: not in my bloody lifetime. The
practical answer is: Only if I cannot avoid it or if its cost
effective.
> I'm still confused as to why you want to use a non MS product to do naming
> services in an MS environment in the first place.
Were not an "MS enviroment". We just use TS to serve MS Office
basically. We are a Unix software shop. We also do ASP/ISP thingies,
on Linux. In fact, we are eyeballing SuSE and Open Office big time
here. Guess why.
> If you are really that
> concerned about security there have been just as many exploits in bind as
> there have been with DNS and the open source community takes just as long to
> create a fix as does MS. They all are going to have their bugs.
The difference is that MS exploits have historically given people
-complete- administrator access to a system. On Unixes, the same
exploits usually give people some shell, but NOT the root shell.
Oh, win2k3 is LOADS better then any MS OS before, so I might just be
going on old imago from MS, but still... after 15 years of MS exp. and
being bitten by it I just dislike it.
And lastly, I am thinking integrating with BIND should be easy, I have
manually put in the server names, and it works... resolving works for
me. Browsing works. Everything SEEMS to work.
Just Win2k3 slowly decided to stop GP Updates probably based on some
"dynamic DNS" issue. With dramatic results.
I have this eerie feeling Im missing a simple setting, turn of Dynamic
DNS orso, and my problems would have all gone away.
Sorry if I sound all ranty, Im trying not to.
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