From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 05:22:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F112216A41C for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:22:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from smuller@netcommplete.com.au) Received: from mailbox.netcommplete.com.au (mailbox.netcommplete.com.au [203.41.55.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 306C843D55 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:22:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from smuller@netcommplete.com.au) Received: from localhost (localhost.netcommplete.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by mailbox.netcommplete.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F20AF758B for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:24:15 +1000 (EST) Received: from mailbox.netcommplete.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailbox.netcommplete.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 96688-02-15 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:24:12 +1000 (EST) Received: from [10.254.250.100] (unknown [10.254.250.100]) by mailbox.netcommplete.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D912F7589 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:24:12 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <42C2301C.8060505@netcommplete.com.au> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:22:36 +1000 From: Scott Muller Organization: NetCommplete Pty Ltd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <20050628102618.J13559@beck.quonix.net> <20050629035544.GA50717@over-yonder.net> <8eea040805062821371f8a6b10@mail.gmail.com> <20050629044956.GB50717@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20050629044956.GB50717@over-yonder.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new_maia at netcommplete.com.au Subject: Re: Thoughts on a large-scale DNS server... X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: smuller@netcommplete.com.au List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:22:42 -0000 Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > You have to think about problems a certain way to use djb software. > If you DO approach 'em that way, of course, it's like floating in a > lounge chair with a well-chilled martini right at hand. But if you > don't, it's more like hacking your way through marble columns with a > machete. > > Very True !! To the OP have a look at http://www.djbdnsrocks.org/ for an overview. We use VegaDNS for a much (much) smaller setup, but it allows us to allow clients to manage their own zones as required etc, and removes some of the pain of the file format. HTH -- Scott Muller smuller@netcommplete.com.au