[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I sincerely need opinions and feedback
> on which DNS server to run.
>
> the free one being at
> http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com at Len's site.
You can also get it (and BIND 9 which the ISC is recommending) at
http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/
> I'm concerned mainly about:
>
> - since I don't want to have to reload the
> entire DNS server each time I add a zone, the
> ability to tell the
> DNS server to update only for ONE zone
> at a time is important.
BIND 8 and BIND 9 support zone change notification.
BIND 8.2.3 and BIND 9 support incremental zone transfer.
> - easy integration (easy to add zones from
> any programming interface); I don't want to
> use some clunky GUI tool to add a few hundred. :)
Is text files OK :-)
> - secure (no serious known security holes)
The ISC is fairly responsive about plugging holes.
> - stable
> - reasonable performance
> - scalable (will not hit 100K domains, but I just like
> the idea of telling the boss it can hit
> 50-100K domains or more) :)
According to http://www.isc.org/services/public/F-root-server.html
F.root-servers.net answers more than 272 million DNS queries per day.
> - Windows 2000 Server cost is not an issue.
Gee, it must be nice to have an unlimited budget :-)
> - easy to setup Secondary Domains to replicate
> from the primary
If you're considering BIND, pick up a copy of 'DNS and BIND 4th Edition'
or download 'The BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual'
http://www.nominum.com/resources/documentation/Bv9ARM.pdf
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