Check out http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html. This is Dan Bernstein's DNS server. Much more secure than BIND, it's also faster, and while it doesn't retrieve data from a database, it does compile the setup to an indexed structure which can be updated on the fly without restarting the server.
It's quite a bit different from BIND in a lot of ways, and the transition isn't necessarily easy, but this looks like a superior approach to me. I use it on a handful of servers and have been VERY impressed. Regards, Eric Longman Atl-Connect Internet Services +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Atl-Connect Internet Services http://www.atlcon.net | | 3600 Dallas Hwy Ste 230-288 770 590-0888 | | Marietta, GA 30064-1685 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +-------------------------------------------------------+ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alex Brecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mike Frazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:22 PM Subject: RE: BIND I agree with Alex...it seems like an obvious thing to have a version of bind that every now and then queries for new records from a simplistic table and loads only the structures into the hash table for the new domains. Why does that cause such an uproar? Sounds like progress to me... -bryanw -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alex Brecher Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:05 AM To: Mike Frazer Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: BIND Mike, when you are supporting thousands of domains on your nameservers it takes way more than a few seconds to reload. Best Regards, Alex Brecher Visit us at http://www.Successfulhosting.com We'll make your web site a success! Get your own domain name for only $14.99 http://www.DiscountDomainRegistry.com *****PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY PART OF THIS MESSAGE WHEN REPLYING***** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Frazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alex Brecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:08 AM Subject: Re: BIND > Restarting BIND *should* be almost instantaneous. Perhaps a few seconds > or so, but that's not bad. It's got to load records into memory, > otherwise a query would take 10x longer, if not worse. A few seconds is a > very good tradeoff for improved performance and a *considerably* smaller > system hit. > > To answer your question (sort of) I am totally unaware of a version of > BIND that does what you are looking for. Save yourself some time, > perhaps, and only restart when you add a new record? Does away with any > unnecessary system load and a few precious seconds of NS downtime. > > Mike Frazer > > > > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Alex Brecher wrote: > > > Is there is a version of bind that can get data from a database WITHOUT a > > complete restart ? We're offering DNS services to our clients and we restart > > our nameservers once hourly. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Alex Brecher > > > > Visit us at http://www.Successfulhosting.com > > We'll make your web site a success! > > > > Get your own domain name for only $14.99 > > http://www.DiscountDomainRegistry.com > > > > *****PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY PART OF THIS MESSAGE WHEN REPLYING***** > > >
