Re: "3 out of 4 IBM i machines I work on do not have DNS servers specified" Why not?

I go back to my original response to this post. Rear Admiral Grace Hopper would NOT be pleased because the answer is "we've ALWAYS done it that way."

Far too few IBM i developers and admins either know or care to know about how DNS works and what it does. They are too focused on the database and applications so they go the easiest way they can to connect and when it works they accept and move on without consideration for future issues. Those are dealt with later.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 12/8/2016 8:32 PM, Booth Martin wrote:

Thus my question. If 3 out of 4 IBM i Series machines are not enabling
their DNS, there must be a compelling reason. Is that reason
reluctance, fear, and generally not understanding what the DNS feature
offers a typical iSeries shop? Is it technically challenging with so
little benefit as to not be worth the candle? Is it something else?

I have been looking at enabling the DNS on a development box that is on
an Intranet and playing around with it. All the reading so far suggests
that it is possible, confusing but not complicated, and beneficial.
None of what I have seen so far would keep 3 out of 4 shops from using
the feature. In other words the words do not support the facts on the
ground. So... what am I not seeing? What is the rest of the story?


On 12/8/2016 7:11 PM, DrFranken wrote:

No No No. The correct answer is installing a faster DNS. DNS should be
Secure, light, quick, reliable. And of course all of that means it
needs to be properly implemented!

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.Frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com - Personal Development IBM i timeshare service.
www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.