[TriLUG] Re: DNS lookup of Linux server fails intermittently (OT - W2K and DNS)

[Geoffrey Douglas Purdy]

> ...DNS served via Windows is horribly slow

We've noticed that.  I'd love to see us move more services to *nix, but I
think it will be a slow process.  One issue is allowing Windows sysadmins
time to become familiar with using Linux.  A second issue is developing a
corporate IT "culture" in which a heterogeneous server environment is
accepted.  The fact that the folks from Redmond spend a great deal of
effort discouraging their customers from adopting other platforms doesn't
help matters.

Thanks for pointing out the CERT advisory.  I'll pass that along to our
sysadmin.



> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon Carnes [mailto:jonc at nc.rr.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 5:53 PM
> > To: trilug at trilug.org
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Re: DNS lookup of Linux server fails
> > intermittently (OT - W2K and DNS)
> >
> >
> > Just another dig... CERT recently pointed out a rather nasty
> > vulnerability
> > for the DNS service run on Windows. Make sure your Sysadmin updates...
> > Really you should move DNS over to Linux.  I've set it up on
> > both platforms
> > and Linux/Unix is far easier to setup and maintain.
> >
> > The real killer is that DNS served via Windows is horribly
> > slow - especially
> > if you have other services running on the box.  This makes your entire
> > network seem slow and kludged.
> >
> > Jon