Re: Failover-capable DNS server?

Pandu Poluan <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:39:02 +0700

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On Nov 22, 2011 12:19 AM, "Alan Hodgson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Monday 21 November 2011 01:52:09 Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > Anyone can recommend me a DNS server that has such capability? Or how
> > to implement this ability with maybe Python or (*shivers*) Perl?
>
> You can write a pipe backend for PowerDNS to do this sort of thing. The
> protocol to talk to PowerDNS is quite simple.
>

At first glance, I agree. Using PowerDNS instead of BIND also would
introduce a necessary "genetic variety" to my nameservers.

One question, though: Its PowerDNS really good? Performance-wise,
security-wise, or whatever-wise? Any 'gotcha's I need to be aware of?

Rgds,