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Building a Dynamic DNS Server for Your Enterprise?

Posted by Cliff on from the your-own-mutant-hostnames dept.

Biff98 asks: "We manage thousands of hostnames for field gear with DynDNS.org. It's always been our intention of configuring our own DDNS server and bring it in-house. Given the recent DynDNS outage due to a DDOS attack, resulting in the inability to resolve names for multiple days, there has been 'encouragement' from management to move forward on bringing DDNS in-house. Here's the problem: I can't find any easy-to-use, scalable software to accomplish this task! BIND doesn't scale well, and I don't consider MintDNS an option due to the required platform (Windows Server w/ AD & IIS). Has anyone out there solved this problem before?"

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  1. BIND does not scale??? by WindBourne · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Exactly what do you think runs the bulk of the internet? That is like saying Linux or Solaris or sendmail do not scale well.

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    I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
    1. Re:BIND does not scale??? by fimbulvetr · · Score: 2, Insightful

      That's exactly what I was thinking. There's only one reason this douchebag is asking this question, and that's because he knows fuckall if he thinks reading some DJB rant has made him experienced in the dns.

      Bind9 on debian etch with views takes all of 1.5 minutes to set up, and a sub 1ghz/512mb machine could easily serve the domain he's describing.

  2. Re:Not an option? by Hack'n'Slash · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's nothing wrong with allowing one's previous experience to influence current decisions.
     
    Let's say I've had troubles with a couple of EMC boxes and haven't had much luck with their support. Would you criticize me for excluding EMC products from future storage purchases???

  3. Talk to DynDNS by b.thompson · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm just throwing this out here, but why not contact the people at DynDNS.org and ask about licensing their software (or process, or however they do it) for your internal use. It could solve your problem (and maybe quicker than rolling your own solution), and at the same time potentially create a new revenue stream for them.