[Wylug-discuss] Name Server Recommendations?

Andrew J Cole ajcole at ajcole.org
Tue Jul 3 12:44:22 BST 2007


>I'm thinking of starting with the nameserver.

That should really be nameservers.

>Do people still consider Bind to be the best option for a fully-featured
>nameserver?

Yes.  You will probably want to use views.

>Are there any worthwhile options for something lighter and simpler to
>manage?

Worthwhile - questionable - minority sport certainly - and of course
there are costly options.

>I'm particularly keen on finding something that can be kept reasonably
>secure with very little effort.

Bind has a very good record; in the past ISC is somewhat more responsive
to releasing security fixes than MS!

Andrew



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