diff --git a/win32utils/readme1st.txt b/win32utils/readme1st.txt index 4c72e5547a..a4f724191b 100644 --- a/win32utils/readme1st.txt +++ b/win32utils/readme1st.txt @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ Copyright (C) 2001 Internet Software Consortium. See COPYRIGHT in the source root or http://isc.org/copyright.html for terms. -$Id: readme1st.txt,v 1.6 2001/08/02 07:03:58 mayer Exp $ +$Id: readme1st.txt,v 1.7 2001/08/12 04:53:38 mayer Exp $ - Beta Release of BIND 9.2.0 for Window NT/2000 + Release of BIND 9.2.0 for Window NT/2000 -Date: 20-Jul-2001. +Date: 10-Aug-2001. - This is a Beta Release of BIND 9.2.0 for Windows NT/2000. As such -it should not be installed on a production system or anywhere that is -considered critical for Internet access. The release has not been -thoroughly tested. While IPv6 addresses should work, there is no -support yet for a BIND server using an IPv6 stack. Only IPv4 stacks are -supported on the box running this version of BIND. IPv6 stacks will -be supported in a future release. + This is the first release of BIND 9.2.0 for Windows NT/2000. As such +it should be fully tested on a test system before installing on a +production system or anywhere that is considered critical for Internet +access. The release has not been thoroughly tested. While IPv6 +addresses should work, there is no support yet for a BIND server using +an IPv6 stack. Only IPv4 stacks are supported on the box running this +version of BIND. IPv6 stacks will be supported in a future release. Kit Installation Information @@ -37,13 +37,21 @@ use the rndc-confgen program. The program will be installed in the same directory as named: dns/bin/. From the DOS prompt, use the command this way: +rndc-confgen -a + +which will create a rndc.key file in the dns/etc directory. This will +allow you to run rndc without an explicit rndc.conf file or key and +control entry in named.conf file. See section 3.4.1.2 of the ARM for +details of this. An rndc.conf can also be generated by running: + rndc-confgen > rndc.conf -An rndc.conf will be generated in the current directory but not copied to -the dns/etc directory where it needs to reside. +which will create the rndc.conf file in the current directory, but not +copy it to the dns/etc directory where it needs to reside. If you create +rndc.conf this way you will need to copy the same key statement into +named.conf. -In addition the named.conf file will need to be modified in order -to allow rndc to control named. The additions look like the following: +The additions look like the following: key "rndc-key" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "xxxxxxxxx=="; }; @@ -52,14 +60,19 @@ controls { }; Note that the value of the secret must come from the key generated -above for rndc and must be the same key value for both. If you -have rndc on a Unix box you can use it to control BIND on the NT/W2K -box as well as using the Windows version of rndc to control a BIND 9 -daemon on a Unix box. +above for rndc and must be the same key value for both. Details of +this may be found in section 3.4.1.2 of the ARM. If you have rndc +on a Unix box you can use it to control BIND on the NT/W2K box as +well as using the Windows version of rndc to control a BIND 9 +daemon on a Unix box. However you must have key statements valid for +the servers you wish to control, specifically the IP address and key +in both named.conf and rndc.conf. Again see section 3.4.1.2 of the +ARM for details. In addition BIND is installed as a win32 system service, can be started and stopped in the same way as any other service and -automatically starts whenever the system is booted. +automatically starts whenever the system is booted. Signals are +not supported and are in fact ignored. Documentation