Check out djbdns (tinydns): http://www.djbdns.org/
It's free and much more secure than bind, though there is a bit of a learning curve. Once familiar with it, I've found it easier to live with than bind. I vaguely recall it being faster too, but can't point to any benchmarks. -Russ At 03:31 PM 3/18/2002, Kirk Fletcher wrote: >Hey all, > >We provide URL forwarding with domain rego, and have (by >default) been using bind as our nameserver. Needless to >say, this is handling LOTS of domains now - and we should >probably have moved to a db-based nameserver long ago (at >the moment, the flat-file zones used by bind are being >generated by a script). > >My question, to anyone in the know, is to ask which is >the best alternative to bind? Is there a db-based >nameserver out there that can easily handle thousands >of entries? The database-based requirement is important, >since I'd like to be able to change settings for an >individual name in real-time (instead of generating >flat-files in one batch). Though I normally cling to >the free software option, I'm willing to use a >commercial vendor in this case (if need be). So - >any advice/opinions/comments? > >Kirk
