Research on DNS and/or BIND...

[Cricket Liu]

Hi, Brad.

> I'm doing some research for a chapter I'm writing on the DNS in
> an upcoming book.  I'm trying to find some good papers on the DNS
> and/or BIND specifically.  Through the bind-users mailing list, I
> recently found out about the paper at
> <http://cider.caida.org/~evi/sigcomm/paper.html>, and from this paper
> I found out about Peter Danzig's paper at
> <http://catarina.usc.edu/danzig/dns.ps.Z>.
>
> However, if anyone on this list knows of any others that might be
> interesting, I'd love to hear about them.

You can find my most recent articles and presentations on DNS at:

Upgrading to BIND 9:  The Top Nine Gotchas
    http://sysadmin.oreilly.com/news/dnsandbind_0401.html
Views in BIND 9
    http://sysadmin.oreilly.com/news/views_0501.html
Securing an Internet Name Server
    http://www.verisign-grs.com/dns/securing_an_internet_name_server.pdf
Using BIND Name Servers with Windows 2000
    http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-03/bind_01.html

> Also, I'm trying to find out as much information as I can
> regarding various implementations of nameservers (both freely
> available and commercial).  Obviously, I know about BIND, and I am
> also aware of djbdns and dents.  I also know about the list of
> programs mentioned at
> <http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/vendorware.html>.
>
> But what about others?  If you know of any that I have not
> mentioned, please let me know.

There's QuickDNS, from Men and Mice:
    http://www.menandmice.com/infobase/mennmys/vefsidur.nsf/index/2.2
Cisco Network Registrar includes a name server, which I understand
is not based on BIND:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/servpro/operate/csm/nemnsw/cnr/prodlit/
index.shtml

cricket