If like most people you are unclear on how a recursive nameserver,Īn authoritative nameserver, and a forwarding nameserver differ, pleaseīIND9 ( link) is a full-featured recursive server, authoritative, and caching nameserver, bundled with a resolver client library. dnsibs: authoritative (non-standard data).Yaku-NS: authoritative, forwarder, AXFR.Trick or Treat Daemon (ToTD): forwarder.Oak DNS Server: authoritative, recursive.Eddieware Enhanced DNS Server (aka 'lbdns'): authoritative.CustomDNS: authoritative, AXFR (modular).Unmaintained open source packages (deprecated!): Twisted Names: authoritative, forwarder, client.Technitium DNS Server: forwarder, DHCPd.

PowerDNS Authoritative Server: authoritative, AXFR.MaraDNS: authoritative, recursive, AXFR.Debian djbdns: authoritative, recursive, AXFR, client, other.Recursive, AXFR, client, other (modular needs patching) Bundy: authoritative, recursive, AXFR, DHCPd, forwarder.BIND9: authoritative, recursive, AXFR, client.Table of Contents Maintained open source packages: Implementations for Unixes - many that in particular deployments will Here is a list of the real choices, comparing andĬontrasting BIND9 with all known alternative DNS server Most DNS information is BIND-specific that's held us RAM-grabbing, overfeatured, monolithic daemon binary. EvenĪfter the from-scratch 9.x rewrite, BIND is a slow, 's DNS page is that they concern BIND, solely. There's not enough available on-line about that, either.Īnyhow, one limitation of both the Albitz book and Struck me as weak on new BIND 9.x features frustrating, because (Referring to Albitz and Liu's DNS and BIND.) This edition (4th) DNS Server (and Related) Software for Unixįrom: Rick Moen SlugLUG Re: DNS links

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