DNSBOX300 master

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

DNSBOX300 integrates particularly closely with the ApplianSys DNSBOX100 slave.  It is also compatible with any other RFC-compliant DNS server and can be used to manage DNS in most networks.

 

 

1. DNSBOX300 master remotely administers slaves. DNS Views are used to manage and serve multiple copies of the same zone to internal and external audiences
2. Lease requests are forwarded to the master which issues DHCP leases
3. DNS and DHCP data synchronised with DNSBOX300 failover
4. DNSBOX300 manages active directory data from an internal Windows server