Re: bind 9 error

Nelson wrote:

> > When you're wondering what's wrong with a domain, you can go to
> > www.dnsreport.com and enter the domain.  It will look for lots of problems.
>
> Nice info thanks!  Still doesn't explain why BIND 8 is more
> tolerant/reliable than BIND 9.  That's pretty disturbing to upgrade
> and find the old server works better than the new.

BIND 9 is more strict about standards-adherence. BIND 8 was rather sloppy in
this regard, and while it may have "helped" you in this particular instance, its
sloppiness caused all sorts of other problems, even to the extent of making
certain configurations impossible.

In the long term, it's better that everyone clean up their act and follow the
established standards. BIND 9 is currently acting as a sort of "auditor" of
people's domains, choking on non-conformant domains it runs across, which causes
some short-term pain, but eventually the pain will get less and less and
eventually things will be more stable and predictable than they were before.


- Kevin