Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob wrote: > Does ISC DHCP remember it's self assigned "static mapping" between reboots? Yes. The daemon writes information into the dhcpd.leases file with information about every lease assigned before it assigns it. This guarentees that the file has enough information to restart. It ensures th

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-30 Thread Daniel Bareiro
On Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:42:31 +0300, Eero Volotinen wrote: > > A flat file for 16 million users would be a little unwieldy whereas > > an RDBMS wouldn't have a problem. > Do you really want to use only one dhcpd for 16 millions users ? You > might run into big big problems, when it crash

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-30 Thread Eero Volotinen
2010/12/30 Bob : > A flat file for 16 million users would be a little unwieldy whereas an RDBMS > wouldn't have a problem. Do you really want to use only one dhcpd for 16 millions users ? You might run into big big problems, when it crashes :) -- Eero -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-30 Thread Bob
On 12/30/2010 05:05 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Bob wrote: I've been thinking about a similar problem& what I'd like to do would possibly require the DHCP server use a database back-end instead of a flat file. I am sure you mean a relational database. The ISC dhcpd already has a database on the ba

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob wrote: > I've been thinking about a similar problem & what I'd like to do > would possibly require the DHCP server use a database back-end > instead of a flat file. I am sure you mean a relational database. The ISC dhcpd already has a database on the back end. It just isn't a relational data

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-30 Thread Bob
On 12/30/2010 09:05 AM, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Hi all! I have a network of over a hundred machines in which we are using a DHCP server on Debian GNU/Linux Lenny. But the dhcpd.conf file is monolithic and unwieldy. Thanks in advance for your replies. I've been thinking about a similar problem

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-29 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed December 29 2010 19:42:35 Daniel Bareiro wrote: > The idea of having static IP was that they were easily identifiable if > they were conducting suspicious activity (for example an indiscriminate > use of bandwidth). Simplifying the configuration of DHCP server, what > other tools can make th

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel Bareiro
On Wednesday, 29 December 2010 18:38:51 -0800, Mike Bird wrote: > > Sorry. I forgot to comment that they are all static IPs for better > > control of workstations accessing the network. > Hi Daniel, Hi, Mike. > You may be doing a lot of work that is not providing any security. > > If someone c

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-29 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed December 29 2010 18:12:21 Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Sorry. I forgot to comment that they are all static IPs for better > control of workstations accessing the network. Hi Daniel, You may be doing a lot of work that is not providing any security. If someone connects an unauthorized workstati

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Mike. On Wednesday, 29 December 2010 17:42:02 -0800, Mike Bird wrote: > > I have a network of over a hundred machines in which we are using a > > DHCP server on Debian GNU/Linux Lenny. But the dhcpd.conf file is > > monolithic and unwieldy. > Are you specifying static IPs for every box, and

Re: Recommendations for massive dhcp settings

2010-12-29 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed December 29 2010 17:05:38 Daniel Bareiro wrote: > I have a network of over a hundred machines in which we are using a DHCP > server on Debian GNU/Linux Lenny. But the dhcpd.conf file is monolithic > and unwieldy. Are you specifying static IPs for every box, and do you need to? I've got a c