Key features

Simplify DNS administration

• Built in automation and RFC compliant data validation
• Support for non-Latin scripts eg Arabic
• Support for DNS Views. Administer an unlimited number of discrete copies of the same zone(s)
• "Remote secondary" (REMSEC) functionality to automatically slave zones on DNSBOX100 appliances when they are created on the DNSBOX300. This massively reduces the administrative workload required to create a new zone
• Support for an unlimited number of DNS slaves
• Incremental zone transfers to authorized slaves
• Command Line Interface for scripting large or complex tasks. You also get an API to interface with external systems (eg for automated provisioning of DNS data)
• Support for IPv4 and IPv6 records
• DHCP integration and support for dynamic DNS updates
• Supports secure DNS updates

Control multiple users and delegate tasks

• Built-in user authentication
• 'User Groups' feature lets an administrator maintain tight control over the rights of multiple concurrent users
• Restrict users to specific zones, networks and subnets
• Transaction log with audit trail (who, what, when); unlimited undo and redo

Purpose-built for maximum security, reliability and ease of use

• Security built-in from the ground up
  • BIND runs in a ‘chroot’, sandboxed environment for added security
  • Custom Linux OS runs from read only CompactFlash
  • Web administration via secure SSL web interface
  • Runs current BIND version
• High Availability and Load Balancing options
• Simple upgrade facility: performance, feature and security updates packaged as a single file
• SNMP support allows the box to be monitored by standard networking tools
• Supports Syslog output to remote Syslog server
• Failover support for all DNS and DHCP data to a standby unit

 

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