Re: Using a UNIX DNS server in an Active Directory domain

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From: Ulf B. Simon-Weidner [MVP] (nospam2-ulf_at_usw-consulting.com)
Date: 05/03/04 

Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 22:40:29 +0200

 says...
> It looks like it is more political for the UNIX server
> than it is for the Windows Server. The company has UNIX
> everywhere, and were very ruluctant to install Active
> Directory. They just recently moved to AD, and are
> slowing moving clients off of Winnt 4.0. They feel it is
> less secure than BIND.
>
> The system we are installing is going to be an isolated
> island to itself, and will primarily only talk to
> computers in the single domain that will be built off of
> this network. It will even be firewalled in and out of
> the production network that has access thru an additional
> firewall to the public internet.
>
> I need hard info to argue either side. I don't see the
> down side to either one in this case. My preference would
> be to run AD integrated.
>
> Brian

Hi Brian,

there're no hard argument, I think the hardest are non-secure dynamic
updates, administration of DNS and AD within the same department, and
the depending services coming from the same software vendors when it
comes that your client are not able to authenticate.

Is that hard enough? Depends on your company ;-) 

-- 
Gruesse - Sincerely,
Ulf B. Simon-Weidner

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