[c-nsp] Cisco CNR - Was: RE: OT - Infoblox vs. Bluecat

[Michael Balasko]

Is there a reason no one looks at Cisco's Enterprise solution? Network
Registrar? We've been running if since before I got here (9 years) and
it has been beyond rock solid. Runs on piles of OS's and also handles
stateful DHCP extremely well. Worth a look if you ask me. 



Michael Balasko
CCSP, MCSE
Network Specialist II
City of Henderson, Nevada
240 Water St. 
Henderson, Nevada 89015
702.267.4337 


-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Chris Gauthier
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 2:34 PM
To: Charles Church
Cc: nsp-cisco
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] OT - Infoblox vs. Bluecat

When I worked for a previous employer, we evaluated bluecat and
infoblox. Bluecat was quickly ruled out because of price and complexity.
The Infoblox got a lot more attention and they were great to work with
during our eval of the hardware. One manager was ready to purchase and
was about to pick u pthe phone and call when another manager railroaded
the big boss to go with Windows DNS/DHCP (in a non-AD environment) at
the last second. 

I *really* liked the manageability, tech support, and expertise of the
product. The HA worked great, including DHCP failover. I liked them so
much, I've tried to bring them to my current employer, but the solutions
are just too expensive for the budget. Another point that I liked was
that Cricket Liu (author of the DNS and Bind O'Reilly books and the DNS
on Windows Server 2000 and DNS on Windows Server 2003 books) is part of
their executive team. They're also MS certified, a plus for my current
employer. 

I liked the detail in logging, too. Some of the reporting was a
challenge, but I was asking for stats (can't remember which) that had to
gathered programatically. 

Hope this helps all of you! 

Chris Gauthier, CCNA Security 
Salem, Oregon, USA 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Church" <Charles.Church at harris.com> 
To: "nsp-cisco" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net> 
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:09:55 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: [c-nsp] OT - Infoblox vs. Bluecat 

I apologize for this being fairly OT for a Cisco list, but I figured
someone on here has touched some DNS gear before. Anyone work with
Infoblox and Bluecat, and run across a significant reason to choose one
over another? I've googled, but most articles are 5 years or more old.
Off-line responses encouraged. The planned use is for govt, so full
access to the kernel is nice for hardening/verification. Also need TSIG,
DNSSEC, and IPv6 support, which they both claim to have, as they're both
based on recent bind. Secure mgmt such as SNMPv3, SSHv2, and SSL would
be nice. 

Thanks in advance, 

Chuck 

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