On Tue, Nov 22 2011 at 13:16, Jan Stary wrote: > On Nov 22 08:16:21, Nick Holland wrote: > > Long term, BIND is done. > > Long term, unbound will probably be replacing it in OpenBSD. > > > > IF you are doing anything beyond a simple resolver, I'd agree > > completely...take the time to learn unbound/nsd (or djbdns or ...) > > > > However, right now, unbound is a package requiring separate install and > > maintenance. > > Nick, would you please clarify: > > nsd(8) is in base, unbound is a package; > yet it is unbound who's gonna be the default resolver? > What is the status of nsd then? (I am just about to try > it on one of my resolvers).
NSD is just an autoritative name server that doesn't do cache and does not answer recursive queries. nsd and unbound are complementary. Claer

