[arch-general] DNS server help

[Δημήτρης Ζέρβας]

ok, but i need only A,MX,NS records, master server and MySQL
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Δημήτρης Ζέρβας <01ttouch at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > no, not web UI... ncurses UI :)
>
> Ah, better.
>
> > lack of features?
> > what features? a DNS is a Domain Name Server! it can't serve domains? xD
> > i can't imagine any feature apart from connectivity (mysql, zones etc.)
> and
> > performance
>
> Sure, it can serve domains. But there /is/ more than that:
>
> various storage formats (flat files, MySQL, LDAP, Active Directory);
> replication (IXFR, multi-master);
> less-common record types (SSHFP, SRV, CERT, HINFO, or arbitrary types);
> protocol features (NOTIFY and EDNS);
> security (TKEY, DNSSEC, DLV);
> dynamic updates (plain and secure, manual or integrated with dhcpd);
> DNS64 translation;
> forwarder zones...
> even such basics as performing recursive lookups (for putting in
> resolv.conf) and ability to be a secondary server (which MyDNS
> cannot).
>
> [Also, technically "DNS" means Domain Name *System*, not "Server".]
>
> --
> Mantas Mikulėnas
>