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djbdns vs bind

I'm a newbie who wants to learn how to set up a DNS nameserver. Should I use djbdns, BIND, or something else? Current network requirements include subdomain support, SSL, and mail service, all on very light traffic. I'd like a solution that could…
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Incomplete axfrdns response

I'm trying to setup djbdns (tinydns, dnscache and axfrdns) in a private network. There is a secondary server running BIND that should be able to transfer the zone managed by tinydns (through axfrdns). I get this error message in the axfrdns logs…
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Does djbdns / tinydns support long TXT records

Does djbdns/tinydns support large TXT records, for example when serving long DKIM keys? I'm aware of RFC 4408 section 3.1.3 and RFC 1035 section…
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Configure a Local DNS Resolver That Only Caches for a Short Period

I am working on an application that will be used to verify new domains are configured correctly as they're set up for hosting. Part of this checks the validity of SPF, DomainKey, DKIM records, etc. I currently use a default TTL of one hour for…
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DJBDNS DNSCache configuration, svscan won't start

I've been wracking my brain the last few days trying to setup DJBDNS on my server. I haven't been having too much luck. I have been following the guide provided by the creator of DJBDNS: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/run-server.html Here is a run-through…
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how to poison NXDOMAIN replies with a specified IP in djbdns

I have a djbdns dnscache running; is there a way to have it return a specific IP instead of NXDOMAIN?
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What IPv6 formats can the fefe.de patches to DJBDNS accept?

I'm using a web server that uploads its DNS entries to a TinyDNS server for name resolution. I'd like to be able to put in some AAAA records, but I've no idea what format TinyDNS is expecting them in - the field delimiter is : so I have a feeling…
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djbdns/dbndns dnscache query ipv6-only nameservers?

I have (attempted to) set up dnscache on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) to do dual stack for servicing requests AND querying authoritative name servers. To be clear, I'm using the dbndns package, which has the IPv6 patch by fefe. I installed the dbndns &…
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How do I configure tinydns (with fefe's IPv6 patch) to listen on IPv6 address?

I'm setting up my network to support IPv6. I have static IPv6 addresses assigned to each interface of my router, and radvd advertising different prefixes on each interface. The next step would be to get my dnscache (from djbdns) working on IPv6.…
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Tinydns as secondary name server :: Working, but hacked :: What is the "proper" way

Spent a wonderful 6 hours setting up djbdns (tinydns + dnscache) as a secondary name server. I managed to hack together a working solution, but am confused as to why it did not work out of the box. Both primary & secondary name servers live behind…
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How do I use an include statement in a TXT record?

We have a client that is using an email service that requires a TXT domain key reocrd that is over 127 characters long. I'm pretty sure BIND allows this, however we run djbdns with tinydns and it looks as though it only supports txt records up to…
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Help setting up a secondary authoritative DNS server

We have three Authoritative DNS servers and three recursive/caching DNS servers on my campus. Authoritative servers DNS1- Windows 2003 DNS2- Old Red Hat -----> Replacing w/ newer version DNS3- Windows 2008 (I installed) Caching and Recursive…
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dnscache does not return PTR records

I am working on setting up tinydns to serve DNS data for my local network (several virtual machines, actually) and dnscache to serve both data about my local network and big internet. So, here is my setup: machine has one interface with two ip…
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Are periods in a service name considered “special characters” for tinydns and daemontools?

I'm building some new DNS servers which will run tinydns. I need to run two instances of tinydns on each server, each serving what is our production authoritative DNS and a legacy authoritative DNS which is being phased out,…
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What could be causing slow DNS lookups for domains that I host the DNS for?

I currently host a TinyDNS server that serves DNS requests for all domains with nameservers that point to the server. The data configuration file is: . +*:1.2.3.4 with 1.2.3.4 being the IP of the server. It's intended to be a wildcard DNS server…
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