Re: LDAP and DNS

[Jon Sellers <jsellers@manatee.brev.lib.fl.us>]

Well, I would think this is exactly what LDAP is meant for. Our helpdesk group
purchased an application that stores the IP addresses and host names of various
network devices along with other data about the devices. Every time I update my
DNS tables, they have to update their database as well. Neither bind nor this
application use LDAP, but if they did it would certainly be more efficient.

All of that having been said, it does open a whole new world of replication and
security considerations that have to be thought through.

Jon

>On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, you wrote:
> I'm not sure why you would want to do this.  BIND is a mature specialized
> sort of directory server.  It has a twofold and only twofold purpose
> really - provide forward and reverse mapping of IP addresses and domain
> names.  It does that well and it really doesn't need the extra overhead of
> LDAP.  What advantages do you see to having BIND and LDAP wedded?
> 
> Kevin
> 
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