[bind10-dev] Statistics via DNS? (Crazy "I'm not in Beijing" idea)

[Shane Kerr]

All,

I was checking to see that my BIND 10 server is still running properly.
It seems to be, then I was curious about the uptime.

Anyway, I was thinking it would be cool to be able to get BIND 10
statistics via DNS itself. Something like:

$ dig @ns1.example.org -t txt -c ch uptime.stats.bind
   .
   .
   .
uptime.stats.bind.	0	CH	TXT	"30d 05:31:17"

And perhaps:

$ dig @ns1.example.org -t txt -c ch stats.bind
queries.stats.bind.	0	CH	TXT	"75103"
udp.queries.stats.bind.	0	CH	TXT	"75047"
tcp.queries.stats.bind	0	CH	TXT	"56"
   .
   .
   .

You get the idea.

I realize this probably isn't a new idea, but since we have flexibility
with BIND 10, maybe this might be fun to have.

BTW, it turns out that as of today I've been using the same BIND 10
process for 1 month... which makes sense since we released it a month
ago. :)

--
Shane