Bind9 + db(any) + split dns (views)

Ben Habing bhabing at genesysnetworks.com
Wed Jul 21 16:30:49 UTC 2004


Does anyone have any experience with setting up bind9 with a db backend?
Good or bad? (We can use pretty much anything for the database, except
for Oracle.) I had heard on some lists that some work has been done with
the Berkeley DB, getting very good performance results. I know of other
products (i.e. PowerDNS) but nothing that we can find that will do a
good implementation of the db connection and heavy use of "views".=20

System config
Multihomed systems running OpenBSD 3.5
Bind 9.2.3
Both NICs are inside a DMZ (10.0.0.x/24)  ; no we can't put one outside
the DMZ, 							;(crazy
firewall admin)
Lots of disk space.
256MB of RAM ; we can upgrade
The db will be hosted on a separate system, (most likely win2k3 server)
Not sure what other information you'd need, we're building these things
from the ground up so anything goes (pretty much).

The main reason we want to have a db is we are going to be giving client
access to  edit zones, and sign up for new or transfer existing domains.
And if I told them we'd be giving them ssh access they'd say, "What's
SSH?", "You mean I have to type it?"

Anyways, thanks in advance for any guidance (either way) you give.
=20
Regards,
Ben Habing


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