[TriLUG] DNS/DHCP Server revisited

[Clay Stuckey]

Bind works well as a forwarding or dns proxy server too.

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On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:45 PM, Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org> wrote:

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> I have also been wanting to take a look at "unbound", a
> recursive DNS server.
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> The difference between a "recursive" DNS server like BIND
> or unbound, and a DNS proxy like dnsmasq, is that the
> recursive ones try to get their upstream answers from the
> registrars of the domains and the root nameservers, where
> dnsmasq simply sends upstream requests to some other DNS
> server like opendns or your upstream ISP.
>
> The difference is subtle, but one that I would like to
> explore.
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> Alan
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