ProBIND2 (Re: DNS: BIND vs. WinDNS)

[Travis Roy]

Ben Scott wrote:
> On 12/14/05, Travis Roy <travis at scootz.net> wrote:
> 
>>Turns out there's ProBIND2, and it's SWEET.
> 
> 
>   You might mention *why*... :-)

Well, for us (us being Colospace) it works well. We have a large number 
of domains, and right now we do it by hand, we edit named.conf, zone 
files, master and slaves, all by hand. This centralized config will save 
us a TON of time.

Also, the ability to import our existing named.conf file, another huge 
timesaver.

That along with being able to disable but not delete domains, add 
comments that are searchable (think customer names)..

 From the website here's some other features we liked:

- Automatic generation of the ‘PTR’ records by the ‘A’ records 
(controlled by the checkbox); it generate this record during zone 
generation and has not a problem of dead PTR records (after A record was 
removed);
- IP address allocation – allow to find unused IP addresses, shows 
duplicate names on the same address, and so on;
- Lame delegation and MX violation check – useful for the external zones;
- Log and configuration access – allows to view configuration files and 
logs from the web (so eliminates local logins to the remote systems and 
increases overall security);