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supernerd Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 23 Feb 2003 Posts: 79
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject: Which DNS server is the best one |
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I am setting up a new dns server and am curious to find out what the gentoo community has to say about dns servers.
In the past I have always used bind but i was suprised to see how many dns servers gentoo contains. The two that seem appealing to me are djbdns and powerdns (pdns ebuild). The thought of using a database instead of flat text files seems appealing to me as well. Does anyone have any experience with these servers. I seem to remember that you can use a plugin/patch and use mysql with bind as well.
The end goal for this server is the primary or secondary dns server for an isp, so easy updating is a plus and reliability is a must.
Any advice would be appreciated _________________ http://www.supernerd.com |
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tuxmin l33t
Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Heidelberg
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I'm running 4 instances of djbdns, two under Debian, two under hardened Gentoo, all running rock stable.
But I can't tell you anything about DB support, never tried.
Well, just my 2 cents to push my score a little _________________ ALT-F4 |
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22decembre Guru
Joined: 08 May 2010 Posts: 308 Location: Paris, banlieue sud (Massy et alentours)
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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I use pdns and it's fine. appart from bind and flat files, yes, it is better ! Pdns doesn't need to be reloaded each time you add a host, and as you store info on ldap or mysql, you can format your server several time, you don't need to rebuild your entire domain (against bind with domains in /etc and hard to write).
To me, the problem with pdns is the interface.
I tried several, but it's not so good ! many of these are abandonware (no release since 2007 !) and buggy …
The only ones I know to be maintained are poweradmin and pdnsadmin. But both buggy too on my box (don't know why). You cun try them and say your thinking !
By the way, I am searching a human interface to pdns. If web, without auth would be good ( I would use apache own auth system). _________________ Portable Gentoo installé depuis ~fevrier 2010, kde4 ( doc : http://www.22decembre.eu/gentoo-portable/)
Serveur Maison Gentoo depuis ~avril 2010 (doc : http://www.22decembre.eu/gentoo-serveur/)
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Hwoarang Retired Dev
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 701 Location: Leeds, UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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I personally use bind everywhere |
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Tiberian n00b
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 13
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Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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i'm also using bind everywhere, but patched with the sdb-ldap patch from http://bind9-ldap.bayour.com/
works fine with a little scripting.
Tiberian |
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