> My question, to anyone in the know, is to ask which is > the best alternative to bind? Is there a db-based
The standard alternative to Bind is djbdns aka TinyDNS (from Dan Bernstein, author of qmail). There are patches available to read directly from a SQL databases, however since the data format is optimized for program/script generation/reading so it is a lot easier to build than traditional bind zone files. TinyDNS is very fast with lower overhead requirements than bind. http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html also see http://www.djbdns.org/
