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From: Jesse Brown <bextreme @
geek .
ptw .
com>
Subject: RE: Firewalls-Digest V6 #240
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 17:44:24 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Mike Krzywonski - SAS (IS)" <mkrzywon @
SAS .
Samsung .
com>
Cc: "'Firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM'" <Firewalls @
GreatCircle .
COM>
> But is once every few weeks too much is the question. In our small local
> LAN (22 machines), we where originally running a third party DNS system.
> When we had to format the machine (another microsoft 'feature'), we just
> installed Microsoft DNS on it (we are running WinNT 4.0 BTW). Big mistake.
> When it worked (which wasn;t often), it was constantly unstable, giving
> false replys, not querying certain domains at all, etc. We finally gave up
> after 2 weeks of trying to fix it, we have up, reinstalled the Thrid party
> software, and we haven't had a single problem since.
>
> P.S. I can't remember the name of the DNS software, but if anyone cares I
> can dig it up. (We haven't had to mess with it for so long, I almost
> forgot it existed.. :) )
>
> -J
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We have had a lot of success with software.com's BIND for Windows NT.
We have had no crashes whatsoever, even under heavy load. It doesn't
hurt that it is a free product either.
http://www.software.com
Mike
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