[mdlug] non-bind DNS server

[Wojtak, Greg]

The main thing I like that it takes care of for me is being able to create a PTR and an A record on one line in one configuration file.  Many BIND set ups that I have seen are horrendously ugly because the admin might have cleaned up an A record but did not remove the associated PTR.  While the steps needed to remove both records are not difficult or even really tedious, I just see that as one example of djbdns's configuration being a little more simple.  I'm not a djbdns bigot or anti-BIND either; I am just pointing out an alternative to bind that I have used.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Adam Tauno Williams
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:52 AM
To: mdlug at mdlug.org
Subject: Re: [mdlug] non-bind DNS server

On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 08:49 -0400, Wojtak, Greg wrote:
> I use djbdns all over the place in lieu of bind.  
> He's simplified the configuration while still maintaining all the functionality that I've needed. 

This has always been a claim of djbdns users.

I don't buy it - what about managing an ISC Bind DNS server is
complicated?  What *specifically* does djbdns simplify?

-- 
Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org> LPIC-1, Novell CLA
<http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com>
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