On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 06:13:13PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 09:55:48AM +0100, Roy Marples wrote: > > For example, I would use nsd on exactly one machine in my environment, > > my public facing DNS server which is exactly where it belongs. > > > > On the other hand, all my other BSD machines run unbound as a local > > caching resolver. > > To slightly expand that. You don't need nsd if you just want to serve a > few local host names for a local network. You only need nsd if you want > to provide an authoritive DNS server. IMO that is a decently small use > case that it doesn't justify the incluse into the base system.
I know nothing of bound / nsd - in bind I currently serve a local domain using zones fetched from the authoritative server, so it isn't authoritative, and it isn't only cacheing - how does that fit in the new world? Cheers, Patrick
