i found the lastest BIND version 9.1 at http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security.html , and it is recommended that everyone should update to this version. however its in .tar.gz format and not .pkg :(

anyone has installed this version of BIND? can you please list down the setups of installing it on a raq3? thanks in advance for helping us to keep our raq secure :)

Noti,

You can't use Bind 9.1 and the RaQ DNS Control panel, they're not compatible.

Brandon

He isn't saying that he wants to use the raq dns cp in the future. If he doesn't mind using it, you can just install it the normal way. Just how it is explained in the readme.

thanks a lot guys for the info ... actually i am planing to use raq dns control panel ... too bad :(

by the way, posting a detail installation guide might benefit others :)

Originally posted by Starhost
He isn't saying that he wants to use the raq dns cp in the future. If he doesn't mind using it, you can just install it the normal way. Just how it is explained in the readme.

And he's obviously proved you wrong. The reason I figured he wanted to use the RaQ CP with it is because of how he referred to the .pkg, and how he asked for instructions on setting it up on a RaQ3. Maybe you didn't intend to, but your message rubbed off in a "jerkish, I know it all" sort of way.

After getting burned by the Lion V.3 worm :angry: I would dearly like to update to 9.1 as well but I use the CP DNS, which also is compatible with the order automation setup we use.
If anyone has a solution I would like to hear it. Thanks

I've got an old RaQ2 that I may colocate somewhere and use soley for DNS. I don't really care much about using the control panel for DNS...but does anyone know of any PHP or Perl control panels for Bind 9.1? I know their was one for 8.2.2

i am going to use the cp dns and was hit by the lion virus as well (kind of same luck with cgisupp :)) ... hopefully someone has an solution where we can install the bind 9.1 and still have the dns cp running.

Originally posted by brandonk
I've got an old RaQ2 that I may colocate somewhere and use soley for DNS. I don't really care much about using the control panel for DNS...but does anyone know of any PHP or Perl control panels for Bind 9.1? I know their was one for 8.2.2

The only GUI for Bind 9.1 I know, is the DNS Boss software. Take a look at it ... I didn't like it.

You may also consider modifying the Cobalt GUI to work with Bind 9.1 -- it shouldn't be that hard as the Bind9 files are almost the same as the Bind8 files. But it's not optimal (the Cobalt GUI is slow when you have many domains).

There's also something called PHPBind (phpbind.sourceforge.net as far as I remember)... but it's only for Bind 8 currently.

So we basically created our own control panel (in PHP) for DNS management -- and with that, we also created our own version of Bind9 that can handle thousands of domains, and still update information in a sec (it talks directly with a SQL database instead of having zone files).

So far we have been using it in-house, but we're thinking of making it a product (if there is any demand for such a system at all)...

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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@mermaidconsulting.dk,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/

DNS Boss was pretty expensive for what it was. I liked the PHP but like you said it doesn't work with 9.

Originally posted by brandonk
DNS Boss was pretty expensive for what it was. I liked the PHP but like you said it doesn't work with 9.

I'm stunned!!!

The last time I went to the site, I didn't check the pricing (as I didn't like the program). I just checked their pricing page -- and it seems that any normal RaQ customer would have to pay 4,995$ USD to use their software!!!

_Expensive_

What do you guys find would be a reasonable price for a good, webbased DNS interface that works with Bind9?

Do you (or others?) know if there's a demand for software like that?

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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@mermaidconsulting.dk,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/

thanks guys for the recommendations!!! :)

jks,

i am sure there are demands for the dns control panel that compatible to BIND9.1 or higher. i am very intersted in that software, as i am very concern about the security of my raq expecially BIND or the dns control panel that most likely being exploited.

however, as we can't afford a linux box thus we go for raq, ... hence hopefully the price would not be too expensive ... e.g. i would be able to pay my 3+ yearly fees with $4995!!! :eek:

may i know the price? and is it easy to install and operate?

by the way, you can contact me at clteh@mailnt.com

jks,

may i know how to modifying the Cobalt GUI to work with BIND 9.1? can you please provide a step by step guide? have you tried it before?

I haven't got a "step-by-step" guide for you, sorry. It would probably be several pages long too :-)

You would need to change the /usr/admserv/cgi-bin/.cobalt/dns/index.cgi file to reflect the new zonefile/configuration files of Bind9.

Any Perl programmer could probably do it within reasonable time. Please send me an email if you want me to modify your system to work with Bind9.

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Jens Kristian Søgaard, Mermaid Consulting I/S,
jens@mermaidconsulting.dk,
http://www.mermaidconsulting.com/