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NewsForge: djbdns: An Alternative to BIND
Apr 11, 2005, 08 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (7436 reads)

(Other stories by Tony Bautts, Terry Dawson, and Gregor N. Purdy)

"Those who have been concerned with the number of security vulnerabilities found in the BIND server through the years, or who prefer an easier DNS solution, may wish to investigate an alternative, djbdns. This software, written from scratch by D.J. Bernstein, provides a much more robust, simplified and secure framework for DNS. djbdns is easy to install and configure, and is much less complex than BIND, with essentially the same functionality.

"A djbdns DNS server is designed to be just that, a DNS server, meaning that by default it won't be resolving queries for machines outside of your authority..."

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That which runs on several root servers  ...   Better off with NSD   
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Apr 11, 2005, 11:57:48
 
We use djbdns (tinydns and dnscache) all ...   djbdns works great   
Joe User
Apr 11, 2005, 15:19:11
 
There have been three vulnerabilities in ...   Security FUD   
Matthew Berg
Apr 11, 2005, 19:07:09
 
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