From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 13 20:14:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA17233 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 20:14:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA17223 for ; Sat, 13 Apr 1996 20:14:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA11933; Sun, 14 Apr 1996 13:13:25 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604140343.NAA11933@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as DNS To: phil@kconline.com (Phil Lewis) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 13:13:24 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <31702B77.C2D@kconline.com> from "Phil Lewis" at Apr 13, 96 03:32:23 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Phil Lewis stands accused of saying: > > We're a new ISP looking to put in our own DNS. We have a T-1 being > installed the 1st of May. I've heard many good things about FreeBSD. I > was wondering if you would have more specific info on how FreeBSD works > with the new Netscape server software. Is this even necessary? The other Netscape's server stuff is for WWW service. FreeBSD includes the 'bind' nameservice daemon, which is the standard nameserver in use around the world. In short, FreeBSD is an excellent platform for a DNS server. > area we are considering is NT but not sure about its stability. Eyecch. Don't even _think_ about using NT for serious Internet server applications. There's some interesting thoughts on the whole topic (but a seriously out-of-date opinion on FreeBSD 8) at http://www.amazing.com/internet/. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[