[TriLUG] hosting your own DNS

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

I used bind + webmin ...and it was a breeze. Then again so was editing
the files in nano ...but that wasn't good enough for my strictly windows
buddies... they needed graphics ...and picture. 

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From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Steve Litt
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:31 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] hosting your own DNS

I've been using djbdns the past couple years, and really like it. From
my viewpoint, it's simpler.

SteveT

On Friday 09 March 2007 11:21, Aaron S. Joyner wrote:
> Yes, BIND is a lot more secure these days.  One could argue that its 
> survived the trial by fire, over the years.  At first it got burned 
> very often, but now in quite think asbestos, it's doing okay.  The 
> last remote exploit for bind that I recall has been years ago.  There 
> are still occasionally DoS issues with the brand-spanking new 
> features, ala DNSSEC stuff, but unless you're living on the bleeding 
> edge of that, they very likely don't affect you.  As with any service 
> you run connected to the Internet, please stay abreast of the security

> literature regarding it, but generally BIND isn't likely to cause you 
> any headaches in that department.
>
> Aaron S. Joyner
>
> Reginald Reed wrote:
> > I don't know how things are these days, but I got sick and tired of 
> > updating BIND to address the numerous security issues.  I went out 
> > of my way to find other *non-BIND* DNS systems so I didn't have to 
> > deal with all the common rootkits.  Has BIND gotten a lot more
secure?
> >
> > --Reggie
> >
> > On 3/7/07, Michael Rothwell <michael at rothwell.us> wrote:
> >> On Mar 7, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Aaron Joyner wrote:
> >> > setup a local BIND server on a static IP on a link you control.
> >> > Then pay someone to do secondary DNS service for you.
> >>
> >> This is the way to go, IMHO. If you want to stick with DynDNS as 
> >> your vendor, one of their offered services is secondary DNS:
> >>
> >> http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/secdns/
> >>
> >> They charge $15 a year, which seems affordable.
> >>
> >> -M
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