[afnog] DNS service

[Phil Regnauld]

Aline Flore Jounewe [ MTNCameroon Infrastructure Planning - MTN House  ] (Jounew_A) writes:
>  
> As I am planning to implement a DNS service for ISP, I would like to
> find out from you what are the most reliable and powerful platforms to
> deploy it?
> 
> 1.	Unix
> 2.	Linux
> 3.	Microsoft

	UNIX/Linux is the same thing.

	What kind of DNS service ?  Authoritative ? (hosting zones)
	Caching/Recursive (to serve clients) ?  Or both ?

	There are several software candidates to fit your bill, including
	BIND, NSD, PowerDNS, tinydns depending on your needs.

> Based on your suggestion, would you please provide some motivation?

	Well, running Windows as an OS to serve DNS outside of a corporate
	environment is considered overkill, and even Microsoft recommends
	not using MS DNS in this setup.