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djbdns

Posted Jan 18, 2003 16:06 UTC (Sat) by anr (subscriber, #234)
Parent article: A couple of alternative DNS servers

Don't let the "not-quite-free" argument put you down. The license isn't a problem for DIY end users.

Also, it's very hard to match DJB's code quality. Just take a look at the changelogs involved...

Togheter with daemontools & ucspi-tcp, the package can be very nice to use and administer.

Finally, tinydns' data format is very well thought out. The departure from using the problematic bind zone file format is refreshing.

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djbdns

Posted Jan 20, 2003 0:03 UTC (Mon) by iabervon (subscriber, #722) [Link]

The license is somewhat inconvenient for users who want, for example, a local-only DNS server
which keeps its cache across reboots, like you might want for a desktop machine. A patch exists
to make dnscache do this, but it has to be applied by hand by the end user due to the license.

djbdns

Posted Jan 24, 2003 12:49 UTC (Fri) by anr (subscriber, #234) [Link]

I don't think this is a good example, because the vast majority of users wouldn't benefit from this patch (there's a reason it isn't implemented upstream).

It's better to configure your desktop's dnscache in forward only mode.

But if you installed from source & want the patch anyway, applying it isn't rocket science ;-)