Talk:Comparison of DNS server software

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Disclaimer: I started this article, but I pretty much have no domain knowledge here (so to speak), so if, e.g., the Features table is ridiculous because all DNS servers do authoritative mode, I won't object to it getting totally overhauled. —Fleminra 07:40, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I think the article is a good start. Doing this article right is a one-week research project, but I know the basics for the freely available DNS servers from the top of my head. Samboy 07:47, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Open source 2 Cleanup needed 3 BIND works on Windows 4 Author update 5 Problem of DNSSEC support on Windows 2003 DNS 6 new "interface" column 7 BIND on Windows 8 Adonis updates 9 High availability built-in 10 Misc 11 Article cleanup

[edit] Open source

Instead of a revert war over djbdns and “open source,” how about just being unambiguous about what the article’s table means by “open source” (e.g. using {{ref|…}} and {{note|…}}). Or maybe there should be two columns: “license is OSI-approved” and “source code is freely available.” —Fleminra 02:38, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup needed

This article lacks encyclopedic context; it needs some text to explain why it is here and the importance of the information it provides. Many of the entries are missing significant information, and the choice of attributes compared seems arbitrary, especially considering that one of the headers is a red-link. —donhalcon^╤ 21:21, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

FYI, WP:POINT (see Special:Contributions/Donhalcon). —Fleminra 23:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BIND works on Windows

I'm almost certain BIND can be run on Windows using cygwin. Can someone else confirm this for me before I do an edit?

[edit] Author update

I'm the PowerDNS author and I just edited this page, I know this is frowned upon, but I fixed two mistakes. Ahu 20:38, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Problem of DNSSEC support on Windows 2003 DNS

Windows 2003 DNS server does NOT support DNSSEC specified by RFC4033, RFC4034 and RFC4035(published in 2005). It partially implemented the DNSSEC specification in RFC2535 that is now obsoleted by RFC4033, RFC4034 and RFC4035.

So, at this time, it would be correct to say that Microsoft DNS does not support DNSSEC any more. It seems that Microsoft DNS cannot recognize DS RR, RRSIG RR, DNSKEY RR and NSEC RR, instead it can handle SIG RR, KEY RR and NXT RR(specified in RFC2535).

If above description has no problem, the contents of the table concerning DNSSEC support should be fixed, I think. --Ngtao 12:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new "interface" column

Maybe the new "interface" column should be "management interface"? Just because the most heavily used interface of all of these servers is the interface that listens on port 53 and speaks DNS protocol. Or maybe I'm being pedantic. —Fleminra 20:39, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BIND on Windows

There are windows binaries available on the BIND website, suggesting that it does work with windows!

From the Bind Website download page:

 A binary kit for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 is at
 http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/contrib/ntbind-9.3.2/BIND9.3.2.zip
 http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/contrib/ntbind-9.3.2/BIND9.3.2.debug.zip

--Rikjeremy 22:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adonis updates

Regarding the recent Adonis-boosting changes: I think these new columns need to be qualified. The implication that Adonis is the only DNS server software that does error checking of any kind is pretty dubious. —Fleminra 23:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

The high-avability feature is also, IMHO, pretty dubious. Basically, DNS has high-avability built-in, so IMHO a DNS server doesn't need it. 68.107.75.220 19:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] High availability built-in

What exactly does this column mean? It sounds like marketing garbage that does not belong on Wikipedia. 71.96.189.16 02:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Basically, a marketing department for a commercial DNS server added it to help promote their DNS server on this page. I have removed it. 68.107.75.220 19:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misc

• BIND is included in most if not all Linux distros, shouldn't it be in the included column for Linux?

Yes, with a footnote explaining that it is a package for the major Linux distros (RedHat/CentOS, Ubuntu, SuSE, etc.) and may or may not be a part of a given non-mainstream distribution. Samboy 18:31, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

• A column for GeoIP support would be handy.

For the three open source, currently supported DNS servers: PowerDNS has GeoIP support; MaraDNS and BIND do not. For the uninformed, GeoIP is the ability to give a different DNS reply based on the location one is querying a DNS server from. Samboy 18:31, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article cleanup

OK, I just did some article cleanup:

• I removed three DNS appliances that use BIND as the resolver. This is a comparison of DNS software, not the marketing department for companies that add a web interface to BIND.
• I removed MacDNS and Dents; both of these projects are dead, have been dead for years, and have no hope of ever coming back to life again. Dents, in particular, was not a usable DNS server when it died eight years ago.
• I removed a red link to Comparison of DNS resolver software, as per Wikipedia:Red link guidelines. If you are going to write this article, go ahead and add this link again.

Samboy 19:04, 6 January 2007 (UTC)