dnsutl 1.8 review

dnsutl package is a collection tools to make administering DNS easier

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 180K Developer: Peter Miller

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dnsutl package is a collection tools to make administering DNS easier. These include:

dns-rev
Take the forward DNS mapping and generate the reverse mapping. This is useful for producing a self-consistent DNS configuration.
dns-ethers
By using a bogus record type, you can keep the MAC address with the IP address, and generate the /etc/ethers file.
dns-hosts
Take the forward DNS mapping and generate the /etc/hosts file.
dns-bootp
Using the MAC and IP information, you can generate the /etc/bootptab file.
dns-ng
Take the forward DNS mapping and generate the /etc/netgroup file.
dns- bootparams
Using the MAC and IP information, you can generate the Sun /etc/bootparams file.
dns-boot- check
Check your named(8) configuration for self- consistency.
dns-hosts-import
Turn your /etc/hosts file into a DNS forward map, as a first step to configuring your DNS server.
dns-dhcp
Using the MAC and IP information, you can generate the /etc/dhcp.conf file.

All of these programs are both faster than shell scripts, and more robust when faced with all the peculiar semantics of DNS resource files. They even understand the $include directive.

dnsutl runs on almost any flavor of UNIX. The source distribution is self configuring using a GNU Autoconf generated configure script.

What's New in This Release:
A bug has been fixed in the SRRF parser, so it more closely follows RFC 1035.
A bug has been fixed in the name server (ns) record validation.