tom_fitzhenry

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   by tom_fitzhenry 14y ago

   You can use DNS NOTIFY rather than sending an email. When the primary is updated, DNS NOTIFY will tell each secondary about the change. DNS NOTIFY is standardised in: https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1996.txt BIND 8+ supports it by default,
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   by tom_fitzhenry 14y ago

   Though the stealth primary solution involves more moving pieces, and introduces zone transfers, which are more complex than provisioning via puppet, I've had no noticeable issues. I say "noticeable issues", because although my DNS is monito
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   by tom_fitzhenry 14y ago

   To further improve reliability, consider using a secondary-as-a-service (as well as your self-hosted secondary name service). This will only work if tinydns supports zone transfers (AXFR/IXFR), which as far as I can tell, it doesn't. I don'