1. © 2007 Infoblox Inc. All Rights Reserved. Infoblox DNS and DHCP Advantages LEX Computer Systems

2. © 2007 Infoblox Inc. All Rights Reserved. Infoblox Advantages - General  Secure appliance platform –Easier to deploy on hostile networks (e.g., DMZs), more secure physically  Low cost of ownership –Ability to build distributed infrastructure without incurring high administrative cost  Built-in resiliency/disaster recovery features –Easy recovery of services after a catastrophe, elimination of ad hoc DR solutions  Support for VRRP-based high availability –Ability to use redundant HA pairs for critical servers  Easier and less frequent patching –Less administrative effort, less disruption of service  Unified GUI for management of DNS and DHCP –Exploits commonalities in configuration of two protocols, ensures consistency between their configuration  Platform-independent (Java-based) GUI –Runs under any web browser, not just on Windows  Global search –Simplifies finding data in arbitrary zones or lease pools  Recycle bin –Allows easy recovery of accidentally deleted data

3. © 2007 Infoblox Inc. All Rights Reserved. Infoblox Advantages - General (cont.)  Hierarchical configuration –Simplifies configuration of parameters common to most DNS servers or DHCP servers in an organization  IPAM functionality –Ability to easily manage an organization’s entire address space  Fine-grained authorization –Ability to safely delegate management of zones and networks to help desk, operational personnel  Audit logging –Visibility into what administrators have done, when, and compliance with regulations (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley) –Extensive logging  Built-in troubleshooting tools –Easier troubleshooting of problems with a standard set of tools  SNMP (MIB and trap) support –Integration into existing SNMP-based monitoring systems  Support organization deep in DNS and DHCP –Highly skilled support staff accessible without multiple levels of escalation

4. © 2007 Infoblox Inc. All Rights Reserved. Advantages of the Infoblox DNS Solution  Secure Dynamic Update support without a Domain Controller –Ability to separate DC and name server, thereby compartmentalizing risk and disentangling maintenance schedules  Support for member-based management and member-independent management –Easier delegation of low-level data management to operations, help desk  Support for query, recursive query and zone transfer ACLs –Required on many Internet-accessible name servers (e.g., forwarders, external authoritative name servers)  Support for TSIG –Better security for zone transfers to and from remote name servers  Support for GSS-TSIG –Secure DDNS updates from Windows computers  Support for NS Groups –Much easier handling of en masse changes of authoritative name servers  Support for views –Ability to securely combine name server functions and to serve multiple versions of a single zone, even across multiple name servers (unique to industry)  Support for anycast –Ability to build very resilient name server infrastructure  Support for Zone Locking –Allows operators to “own” the zone while making changes to avoid double edit issues  Support for disabling zones and records –Allows zone to be created but not activated or to be made inactive without deleting

5. © 2007 Infoblox Inc. All Rights Reserved. Advantages of the Infoblox DNS Solution (cont.)  Support for Shared Records –Elimination of redundant administration when records appear in multiple zones  Support for incremental updates –Changes made in the GUI only result in IXFR to external (non-Infoblox) DNS servers  Support for sortlists –Configurable address responses to direct clients to the closest instance of a network resource  IPv6 support –AAAA records, dual IPv4/v6 stack  Extensively configurable logging –Ability to filter out nuisance messages, select critical messages  Support for syslog, including remote syslogging –Standard mechanism for logging across a network, works with third-party log analysis tools  Configurable host naming restrictions –Allows administrators to configure and enforce organization-specific host naming rules  Selection of authoritative name servers and forwarders based on roundtrip time –Better name server performance and greater resilience in the face of network and component failures  Credibility mechanism for protection against cache poisoning –Better resistance to pharming attacks

6. © 2007 Infoblox Inc. All Rights Reserved. Advantages of the Infoblox DHCP Solution  Support for DHCP Failover –More resilient DHCP service  Lease history –Ability to track history of address assignment, possibly for compliance  Easier configuration of custom DHCP options –Easier support for VoIP phones  Support for filtering (based on MAC address, relay agent, option) –Ability to restrict leases to only known clients  Templates for easy duplication of common network configurations –Streamlines creation of new DHCP ranges  Support for joining/splitting networks –Easier reconfiguration when network changes  Easier and more complete access to DHCP statistics –Better visibility of state of network, easier detection of range exhaustion  Support for member-based management and member-independent management –True global management, without being forced to remember which DHCP server serves a particular range

7. © 2007 Infoblox Inc. All Rights Reserved. Advantages of the Infoblox DHCP Solution (cont’d) –Support for converting dynamic leases to static and back  Streamlines common administrative tasks –Name collision detection  Elimination of inadvertent deletion of important domain names –More flexible handling of dynamic updates  More options when choosing how DHCP clients are registered –Detection of overlapping ranges  Elimination of potentially disruptive configuration mistakes