Re: [SLUG] DHCP and DNS

[Anand Kumria <wildfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 06:49:23PM +1100, Brett Esra wrote:
> 
> My question is:
> To those of you using DHCP and DNS, besides the Perl scripts and Cron
> stuff I found, how are you keeping the DNS A records in sync with the IP
> leases that change every so often. 
> 
> Any thoughts appreciated.

Do the machines in question need a stable name?

I typically use dhcp-01 -> dhcp-99, etc as name for dhcp machines.

Only recent rfcs (rfc3007/3008 iirc) begin to provide a way to
securely update a zone file -- some companies, notably microsoft,
have proprietary ways to do it however.

Anand

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