Comments on: Install BIND DNS on Windows Web Server 2008 – Part 1

By: smooth

smooth — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:33:38 +0000

good guide
but if i am going to use BIND
i would rather use it on Freebsd or OpenBSD box more stable more secure & free then waste my money on windows server

By: Richard Deutch

Richard Deutch — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:09:55 +0000

Another option is Simple DNS Plus from http://www.simpledns.com
Not free – but a lot easier to work with than BIND.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:35:45 +0000

Good article (other than as someone said about the user being created by the install…)

Any tips for managing? I’ve used Webmin on Linux but seems the Webmin port for Windows is not functional (BIND managment that is…)

Notepad for now but wouldn’t mind a bit of a GUI… I mean we’re talking WINDOWS here!

Thanks!
Charles

By: David Lawlor

David Lawlor — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:19:10 +0000

I did mention that BIND will set it up for you, but I also walked people through who might not want to have a 3rd party install program create a user account blindly, or might want to use a different user name. Users can do either one, on top of that when I was running through it, there is no mention in the documentation that this build was tested on Server 2008, and I would rather be safer than sorry that I set something up and know what I did, then let an installer do it.

I do appreciate the feedback though, and users will can definitely do either option that they feel comfortable with.

By: Gravy S.

Gravy S. — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:30:48 +0000

There is no point in setting up a user account as BIND already does it for you

By: thul

thul — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:16:20 +0000

Good

By: Danny Mayer

Danny Mayer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:54:38 +0000

Why are you telling people to set up a named account? That is not necessary. The BINDInstall installer was designed to create an account directly with only the privileges required. You are telling people to create accounts quite unnecessarily. In addition your script adds it to the users group which it shouldn’t since it’s not a user. Users have far too many privileges. I went to a lot of trouble to minimize what it can do outside of what it’s supposed to do. The named account should be removed from the Users group. The only group it should be in is the None group.

Please feel free to contact me directly if you have questions about this.

Danny