README for ProBINDPlease see INSTALL for instructions
ProBIND is a web application intended for use in the administration of one or more servers running ISC BIND.
ProBIND is written in the PHP scripting language and uses MySQL to store its data. The contents of the database are generated into files formatted for ISC BIND and are pushed to the controlled servers on request through the interface or by a scheduled job.
ProBIND allows for quick searching across domains, allowing for quick editing of important information.
ProBIND has built-in templating to allow the use of certain standard information across all zones.
Based on settings in ProBIND, NS records will be automatically created.
ProBIND can automatically populate reverse zones (in-addr.arpa) for all your A records. All you need to do is add the zone.
Because of the high level of access that is currently needed for the operation of this application, it is highly recommended that you run ProBIND on a non- public web server. It is further recommended that you set your web server to use authentication for access to the application.
The import script is rather limited and doesn't work well with extended features (GENERATE is an example) or odd formatting.
The import script cannot handle zone files larger than 64 kilobytes
Currently, a server can be only a master or a slave. Mixing of roles is not possible.
ProBIND can only automatically handle in-addr.arpa zones for /24 networks. Other sizes can only be handled manually at this time.
Only a subset of all possible record types is supported. These include A, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, TXT, and HINFO.
ProBIND exists independently of ISC BIND, thus no feedback from BIND itself is used. This may change in the future, although it will be limited due to the nature of ProBIND.
Current maintainer: Michael Johnson youngmug@users.sourceforge.net
I would like to acknowledge PhD Computing for offering support and time to contribute to this project and get it started again.
ProBIND 2 Maintainer: Alexei P. Roudnev
Original Author: Flemming S. Johansen fjohansen@proventum.net
I acknowledge the role of my colleague Lasse L. Johnsen, who has contributed a lot of useful suggestions, without which this software would almost certainly be utterly useless to anyone other than myself.
Logo: Susanne B. Olesen
Visual Layout: Jeffrey R. McDonald
ProBIND was originally developed by Flemming S. Johansen as part of his duties as resident DNS manager at Proventum Solutions (now Consendo Systems A/S).
Later, a fork of ProBIND called ProBIND2 was developed by Alexei P. Roudnev, a senior network/software engineer, at Exigen Group LTD.
ProBIND2 was re-incorporated in ProBIND by the new maintainer, Michael Johnson, a systems administrator for PhD Computing,
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
Last Update: 20100615