On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 09:00:49PM +1100, Andrew Cowie wrote: > On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 20:33, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > I've been looking at DJ Bernstein's djbdns server at > > http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html. > > > > I'm thinking of using it instead of bind9; just wondering if anyone has > > any experiences with using it, and opinions (positive or negative). > > You said you've used qmail. That probably means you've used daemontools > as well. If you're comfortable with (and using) svscan/svc/multilog/etc > and the whole /service symlink thing, then plugging djbdns in is a snap.
I'd agree - if you're comfortable with qmail then djbdns is super easy to get up and running and great to work with. > That said, I'm really impressed with djbdns (and dnscachx which goes > with it). It's a bit of a learning curve as is usual with DJB's stuff > (what is it with that guy compulsively making hard to use software?) but > the fact that it automatically generates the PTR records, for example, > is terrific. I reckon almost the opposite is true - BIND is so *ugly* to work with that it screws up your intuitions about dns and how it should work (e.g. djbdns decoupling zone serving - tinydns - from caching - dnscache - seems really weird at first, but after a while it's obviously The Right Thing to do). > I seem to recall that it either a) has issues with, or b) doesn't do, > zone transfers. I'm probably wrong, but you might want to check. I think it does support bind-style zone transfers, but you have to run a separate daemon - axfrdns - and is discouraged unless you really have to interface with bind servers (for hosting, not caching, of course). If you're running djbdns on both primaries and secondaries djb recommends you use something tried-and-true like scp or rsync to transfer your zone files. Hope that helps. Cheers, Gavin -- Open Fusion P/L - Open Source Business Solutions [ Linux - Perl - Apache ] ph: 02 9875 5032 fax: 02 9875 4317 web: http://www.openfusion.com.au mob: 0403 171712 - Fashion is a variable, but style is a constant - Programming Perl -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
