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I also walked into my first post-college job where the BIND book was shoved into my hand for a SCO UNIX server on an overloaded '386. You will not believe me w

by chasil 4y ago

I also walked into my first post-college job where the BIND book was shoved into my hand for a SCO UNIX server on an overloaded '386. You will not believe me when I tell you that our site zone file is now on VAX VMS.

icedchai 4y ago
It's on VAX/VMS currently? Running in an emulator or some ancient system from the early 90's?
- chasil 4y ago
  Charon emulator.
  - icedchai 4y ago
    Any reason why? Seems like DNS would be a simple thing to move to a modern platform.
    - chasil 4y ago
      The System Manager claims that he needs it for cluster failover.
      - icedchai 4y ago
        "System Manager"... I haven't heard that term since the 90's. That probably explains it. Does VMS clustering even use DNS? I thought it was all based on proprietary DEC protocols.
        chasil 4y ago
        We are now over my head. I can spell DECNET, but that's it.
fanf2 4y ago
Heh, what DNS server software are you using on VMS?
- chasil 4y ago
  Multinet from Process Software does the whole TCP stack, including SSH.