Mental Floss
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject:
RE: Windows2003 Domain and Linux based BIND DNS |
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There is no such thing as a "best" solution. It depends on your environment,
its scale and how you are using AD and Linux/Unix. Either way you go, you
have to ensure that all the configurations for the otehr system are
incorporated into your solution. If you use Unix BIND for your DNS, there
are quite a few entries that AD uses for replicating GC info, System files,
etc (for a list of DNS entries used by Microsoft sith BIND, click
http://tinyurl.com/5ulx2 )and vice versa for integrating AD Integrated DNS
for Linux ( use this Q article to troubleshoot AD DNS issues with BIND:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321046).
Active Directory requires a solid and stable DNS infrastructure to run on.
Personally, I recommend using AD integrated DNS with Dynamic Updates turned
on. This is the most stable and simplest solution and scales quite easily
with BIND and Linux. But as I said before, no one solution is perfect for
everyone. I recommend reading throught the following articles to get more
information and planning your decision carefully:
A GREAT overview of Windows, UNIX and AD co-existence including models and a
migration strategy:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2005/01/ActiveDirectory/default.aspx
MS Guide for Security and Directory Services for UNIX:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/cits/interopmigration/unix/usecdirw/06wsdsu.mspx
Hope that helps,
-MentalFloss
"Umesh Thakur" wrote:
| Quote: | I have a mixed mode network of Windows2003 Domain Controller and Linux DNS.
Will it be better for me to continue using Linux DNS (Bind 9.x) with
Windows2003 AD or should I upgrade to Windows 2003/2000 based DNS? I
frequently gets logon failure message saying "Domain xxx is not available".
Also, we are experiencing lot of problems due to static IP addressing in 200+
user environment! These Linux people have not configured BIND for dynamic
updates and hence, name resolution is also not working correctly (I have no
idea of BIND, how it works).
Any help would be appreciated. |
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