Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a LAN

[Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 12:27:57PM -0000, Andy Hawkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In article <[🔎] ebd7ecce-a194-921d-1f28-74469c78cf43@mail.com>,
>           john doe<johndoe65534@mail.com> wrote:
> > > What would people recommend for a home LAN DNS server that is authoritative
> > > for a single domain, providing A, AAAA, PTR (both IPv4 and IPv6), NS and
> > > CNAME records to that domain?
> >
> > Have a look at:
> >
> > http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
>
> I probably should have said that I'm currently using bind for DNS, and the
> ISC DHCP server to issue IP addresses on the local network.
>
> I have looked into dnsmasq in the past, as I quite like the idea of having
> something lightweight do both jobs.
>
> Are there any other options, or should I just dive in and try to convert to
> dnsmasq?

If you said why you were looking to abandon a (presumably working?) 
solution that might help explain your requirements. If your goal is 
simple integration between DNS and DHCP (which is not what you 
originally asked for) then dnsmasq is probably the easiest solution. 

Mike Stone