Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 13:26:21 -0500 From: Kenny Freeman <freeman@cs.dal.ca> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Cc: "::::Carlos:::Ariel:::Canta::::::::" <admin@redy.net.ar> Subject: Re: djbdns Message-ID: <200401071326.25126.freeman@cs.dal.ca> In-Reply-To: <20031211213245.I61349@vette.gigo.com> References: <AJENJFOLCLAHHIIGCCHNMEFDMGAA.admin-lists@wolfpaw.net> <20031211213245.I61349@vette.gigo.com>
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--Boundary-02=_R9E//ebY+mj2YBI Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline My experience with bind has been less than fun - a pain to maintain with al= l=20 of these security fixes and also the file format is terrible. I switched to= =20 djbdns as soon as I found out about it and was happy with a test server tha= t=20 I setup. It is a bit of a hassle to get up and running, but when it is=20 finally setup properly you don't have to touch it at all, period. I have be= en=20 running djbdns for well over a year, more like over two years and I have no= t=20 had to touch it even once in that time. I have a perl script that updates t= he=20 data files from a MySQL database. I also have a CGI interface to the db, so= I=20 can add/edit/delete dns records thru my web browser. The djbdns data file=20 format is very simple and a joy to work with compared to binds. You should= =20 note however that with djbdns, instead of using 2 ips for 2 nameservers I=20 have to use 2xcache ips, 2xserver ips, and 2x zone xfer ips, and also that= =20 the caches have to be notified of any dns servers for domains that you host= -=20 my perl script takes care of that for me tho. Oh, and another thing... I ha= ve=20 heard of people having problems with djbdns on extremely heavily loaded=20 servers where queries were getting dropped - in that case I would use a rou= nd=20 robin nat in front of the servers to distribute the load among many dns=20 servers... my $0.02. =2DKenny On December 12, 2003 12:35 am, Jason Fesler wrote: > > How does djbdns measure up to bind anyway? Bind works wonderfully > > for us.. any reasons someone can come up with (other then the beaten > > to deal security arguments) why a person should change over? > > If you are happy with bind; > If you stay current on bind security problems; > If you find the ISC to be hoopy froods and DJB to be, well, DJB; > then focus your attention to more fruitful efforts. > > Really. > > --jason > (a die hard djbdns user, who fears bind to death, but not an evangelist) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Boundary-02=_R9E//ebY+mj2YBI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA//E9RJgVCrHv0mQsRAlK9AKCoWbG4jcC+wgPRJws3/i6cXreWbACbBh8L raBuVGJEYjhveOrniWLeGI0= =FKYQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_R9E//ebY+mj2YBI--
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