Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration
Are there any other choices using Gentoo, other than DJBDNS or bind-9 ? Thoughts? Hi, You might want to take a look at net-dns/maradns [1]. Lightweight, easy to configure, advertised as fastest and most secure. I personally love the feature/extension FQDN4 record which allows one to automatically set reverse resolving. [1] http://www.maradns.org/ -- Best regards, Daniel
Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration
James wrote: Hello, I'm looking for suggestions to use for DNS registrars. But first a few key points. 1. I own the domain name exclusively. This means if I want to change (move) registrars, it's not an issue, except for expenses. 2. No bundled packages for space of any kind needed or wanted. (I'll be running my own server on dedicated connection). 3. No DNS restrictions except for the Registrar running optional secondary (dns) service for me. I need to run the primary and the secondary DNS servers. I use http://freedns.afraid.org/ . Doesn't meet your not-free stipulation, but I think just about encompasses everything else Are there any other choices using Gentoo, other than DJBDNS or bind-9 ? Thoughts?
Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration
On Sunday 26 April 2009 10:05:56 Daniel Iliev wrote: Are there any other choices using Gentoo, other than DJBDNS or bind-9 ? Thoughts? Hi, You might want to take a look at net-dns/maradns [1]. Lightweight, easy to configure, advertised as fastest and most secure. I personally love the feature/extension FQDN4 record which allows one to automatically set reverse resolving. [1] http://www.maradns.org/ I've never heard of maradns, but there's always some clown around claiming to be the biggest, bestest, fastest, moreest. YMMV. zero exploits discovered can also be due to nobody has bothered to examine the source code djbdns and bind are OK for what James is looking at - they are well known, easy to set up with plenty of folks around who can assist with issues. bind is well-maintained too. Just don't try run an auth server and a cache on the same server. That's a BAD idea. Rather run your own auth server, secondary to a DNS provider of your choice and use your ISPs cache servers for your caching needs (i.e. there's no good reason to be doing this for yourself) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James wrote: Hello, I'm looking for suggestions to use for DNS registrars. But first a few key points. 1. I own the domain name exclusively. This means if I want to change (move) registrars, it's not an issue, except for expenses. 2. No bundled packages for space of any kind needed or wanted. (I'll be running my own server on dedicated connection). 3. No DNS restrictions except for the Registrar running optional secondary (dns) service for me. I need to run the primary and the secondary DNS servers. Lots of things have changed since I last did this, so I'm definitely not interested in Go Daddy or any such monkeyshines or crap. Just registration, and leave me alone to run my own servers. i. e. no nonsense. I do precisely this, using GoDaddy. I don't see why using a service like that wouldn't be possible to get into what you want. You'd have to make sure, when you set it up, that you didn't ask GoDaddy to supply any other services, but it's certainly possible. I run my own server, I get the name from GoDaddy, but they provide no nameserver services, nor web pages. I used to get it from a different vendor, but their service turned out to stink, so I learned that it takes about a week or two to transfer the name (from X to GoDaddy), because all services (like GoDaddy) need to go to reasonable lengths to make sure that they aren't faked out by frauds. You probably wouldn't really want less. All suggestions are most welcome. I'm not really interested in anything free (if there are any strings attached), but am willing to swap (dns) secondary services for light bandwidth types of similar DNS secondary services.. Are there any other choices using Gentoo, other than DJBDNS or bind-9 ? Thoughts? James -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknzfF8ACgkQz62J6PPcoOnV6gCdEkMv+YzoIL0QzfuAaAsD3HM5 duEAnjWRaabvLJ4//SL3Z6KqpDUuKdqv =JLR3 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:41 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, I'm looking for suggestions to use for DNS registrars. I've been using namecheap for years (they are a reseller for eNom). It's cheap and you get what you're looking for. I've got a few domains, and been able to set them up for DKIM, Google Apps, etc without any issues.
Re: [gentoo-user] Domain name registration
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:41 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, I'm looking for suggestions to use for DNS registrars. I've been using namecheap for years (they are a reseller for eNom). It's cheap and you get what you're looking for. I've got a few domains, and been able to set them up for DKIM, Google Apps, etc without any issues. There is also a coupon code this month that will give you a discount: 7tulips
