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Linux.yyz.us: Painless DDNS Part 2: Configuring the Server

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[ Thanks to Jeff
Garzik for this link. ]

“Introduced in BIND version 8 and refined in BIND version 9, the
nsupdate utility provides the system administrator or casual user
with a quick and painless method of updating a DNS zone, adding or
deleting any type of DNS record the name server supports.

“Looking again at dynamic DNS (DDNS), we now turn to setting up
dynamic DNS on your BIND named name server, discussing some of the
available security policies, and providing some examples of use.
For directions on actually performing dynamic DNS updates from a
remote client, read the companion article on nsupdate…”

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Linux.yyz.us: nsupdate: Quick and Painless Dynamic DNS(Aug 31,
2004)

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