nice to hear migs started playing with the darn thing hehe .. then again i'll explain some pointers why djbdns ( a collection of dns tools ) are made that way so you can approach it in the right manner ( this is kinda long so if you're not into dns administration don't read but if you are a dns admin or a newbie you might find some dns basics here that supprisingly you don't know ) djbdns is a colletion of dns tools a. tinydns is an CONTENT dns server b. dnscache is a PROXY dns server ( can be resolving proxy dns server or forwarding proxy dns server ) c. and some other tools like dnsip, dnsname, dnsmx, dnsipq, dnsqr, dnsq ( a replacement for dig )and the famous dnstrace and dnstracesort- dnstrace ( this is a very good tool :) for dns debugging ) and other stuffs go to http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html :) Q. why does djbdns separated tinydns and dnscache and they can't both listen to the same ip address not like in bind. 1. the rfc made an unwarranted assumption that dns is one big server ( like other old dns tools ). hrmm to make things short read this http://homepages.tesco.net./~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/dns-server-roles.html i was about to explain this but remembered the link so i guess you just read it ( THIS IS DNS BASICS and every dns administrator should know) Q. djbdns keeps on saying it is secure, is this true? how is it much secure than bind? http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/blurb/security.html tinydns and dnscache runs chrooted dnscache is immune to cache poisoining and so forth and so on read the link above Q. how does dnscache handle resources and logging? is it like bind the loads everything to the memory before answering queries and when in high load uses all the resources of the box resulting to infamous bind crashing bug. edit CACHESIZE and DATALIMIT it's in the faq if dnscache is set to use 50 mb of memory it would use only 50 mb of memory not use all the resources of the box if it hits its max dnscache would gracefully remove the old entries. about the logging dnscache logs everything and in a busy server this should be noted and minimized read docs and mans for multilog :) Q: i find dnscache rocks but i want to use bind as my authoritative content dns server can this be done ? OFCOURSE :) lol http://www.bsdtoday.com/2001/April/Features469.html read this it explained everything from configuring bind and djbdns's dnscache ( err the title was A permanent fix for the BIND 8 crashing problem lol ) hrmm boss is calling maybe ill just give you some more links to visit :) http://www.lifewithdjbdns.org http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html (ofcourse) http://tinydns.org http://djbdns.faqts.com <-- faqts.com is a very good site you should look of other "faqts" they have on other tools.. i recommend this site . -Dek (brb boss is calling ) i though ill explain some things then again i think it's better if you just read lol __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
