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Re: BIND 8 or 9 version ?



j@aufbix.org wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 05:06:39PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> 
> > It is partly a matter of taste.
> 
> - v8 is faster
> - v8 is stable
> - v8 does not have "views" OTOH different views can't use the same
>   files. :( bad bad bad
> - v9 can be used with db/sql - but i would recommend powerdns for that
>   task
> 
> (powerdns is fastest authoritive dns server around and it works with
> mysql/oracle/mysql...., BUT it lacks ACLs
> and you can't have per-zone settings - only general (notify,
> transfer,...)
> 
> ....there is another dns auth serevr project that ripe started, but i
> can't remember the name....
> 
Or one may try mydns, an auth-only dns server running directly from a mysql
or pgsql backend. I use it for some 10.000 zones, and it's perfect.

> and djb is not compatible with working OSes. :)
> 
DJB is it's own kind of a story. But don't be offensive - it's just that his
license makes it impossible for most distributions to include his software,
which in turn has it's own odor.


Thomas



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