James Fogg presents Windows-Linux Interop to CentraLUG

[Ben Scott]

On 12/6/05, Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:
> Eight hardy souls managed to find their way to Little Hall room 230
> last night to hear James Fogg present "Windows-Linux Interop: Can't
> We All Just Get Along?," ...

  Like Mr. Sconce, I wanted to attend, but alas, I was feeling rather
under the weather yesterday and decided chicken soup and sleep were
what I needed.  Pity, as from the slides, I missed a very interesting
(to me) presentation.

> http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/WindowsLinuxInterOpDec2005

  A question and a correction WRT the text on that page:

>> "Exchange Public Folders are evil"

  May I ask why?  I mean, sure, Exchange tends to be rather
anti-social, if not outright psychotic, but what makes Public Folders
any more evil then the rest of it?

>> "AD domain zone contains AD-specific extensions, must be AD-integrated"

  That is not strictly correct.  While it's certainly "easier" to just
let Microsoft do everything their way (anyone surprised by this?), the
AD domain zone does not have to be AD-integrated on MS-DNS.  It
doesn't even need to be on MS-DNS.  Technically speaking, it doesn't
even need to support DNS Dynamic Update, although maintaining the
records manually kind of sucks.  All that is required for the AD DNS
zone is that it support SRV records, which are defined in a Standards
Track RFC, and supported by reasonably recent versions of BIND.

  The one real thing MS-DNS AD-integrated zones get you is "secure"
Dynamic Update from the AD Domain Controllers to the MS-DNS servers. 
Of course, this is Microsoft's very own security gizmo, and it isn't
compatible with anything else (AFAIK).

-- Ben Scott
"Standards are wonderful; there are so many to choose from!" -- Unknown