[SunRescue] Dont feel like running BIND for 10 systems

Joshua D. Boyd rescue at sunhelp.org
Sat Mar 31 16:17:09 CST 2001


So, other than BIND, what other DNS servers are available to do that task?
I tried to set BIND up, but it was way to hard for the users I have.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> [ On Saturday, March 31, 2001 at 11:18:12 (-0800), Chris Byrne wrote: ]
> > Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Dont feel like running BIND for 10 systems
> >
> > I wasnt saying I would (or rather wouldnt) run a nameserver on 10 systems, I
> > was saying that I didnt feel like setting up a single nameserver just to
> > provide services for 10 systems.
> 
> Ah, I see what you mean.
> 
> I can't imagine not having my own primary nameserver for my domains,
> even if it meant I'd have to run a server just to do that!  ;-)
> 
> However if you're running any more than a couple of systems on a LAN
> that's Internet connected then you probably should be running a local
> caching nameserver, and it should be authoritative for all the locally
> used zones (but of course no caching server should ever be queried by
> the public as an authoritative nameserver -- i.e. caching servers should
> never be listed in any NS records!).  This is especially true if any of
> those systems are providing services of any kind to the Internet (even
> if you're the only one who uses those services).
> 
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