Michael J. Forster <····@sharedlogic.ca> wrote:
+---------------
| If the OP is considering writing one, I strongly recommend first
| reviewing the design and implementation decisions Dan Bernstein
| made with djbdns [1], especially those related to security [2].
+---------------
Good suggestions. However, one should be careful to exactly follow
the RFC standards for the actual wire protocols; there have been
some concerns about some "simplifications" in "djbdns" which affected
interoperability. [The IETF mailing list archives circa 2002-2003
should be a rich source of history about some of those controversies.]
-Rob
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From: John Thingstad
Subject: Re: is there a DNS server implemented in lisp? to replace bind9?
Date:
Message-ID: <op.tdwt9qnkpqzri1@pandora.upc.no>
On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:25:49 +0200, Christopher C. Stacy
<······@news.dtpq.com> wrote:
> "gavino" <········@yahoo.com> writes:
>> : is there a DNS server implemented in lisp? to replace bind9?
>
> Something like this has been done before, and I don't think it would
> be too hard to write one. But since this program normally comes with
> the operating system and already works just fine, there hasn't been
> much interest in developing another one (in Lisp or anything else).
>
> If you think there's a market for such a thing, it might be a good
> project.
>
> Also, I think Franz has some kind of DNS server; you might contact them.
look at opensource.franz.com.
They have a NFS server.
They don't have a DNS server I think.
Certainly not opensource.
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From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Re: is there a DNS server implemented in lisp? to replace bind9?
Date:
Message-ID: <87zmegue12.fsf@wolfe.cbbrowne.com>
······@news.dtpq.com (Christopher C. Stacy) wrote:
> "gavino" <········@yahoo.com> writes:
>>: is there a DNS server implemented in lisp? to replace bind9?
>
> Something like this has been done before, and I don't think it would
> be too hard to write one. But since this program normally comes
> with the operating system and already works just fine, there hasn't
> been much interest in developing another one (in Lisp or anything
> else).
>
> If you think there's a market for such a thing, it might be a good
> project.
>
> Also, I think Franz has some kind of DNS server; you might contact
> them.
Implementing another DNS server for use in small contexts probably
wouldn't be terribly valuable; Bind and djdns have that covered pretty
successfully, and there wouldn't be high value in merely adding options.
But there's definitely room for such a thing, at the "highly scalable"
end of things, for handling sizable zones (e.g. - millions of names)
in a database-driven fashion.
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Christopher Browne <········@acm.org> writes:
> ······@news.dtpq.com (Christopher C. Stacy) wrote:
>> "gavino" <········@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>: is there a DNS server implemented in lisp? to replace bind9?
>>
>> Something like this has been done before, and I don't think it would
>> be too hard to write one. But since this program normally comes
>> with the operating system and already works just fine, there hasn't
>> been much interest in developing another one (in Lisp or anything
>> else).
>>
>> If you think there's a market for such a thing, it might be a good
>> project.
>>
>> Also, I think Franz has some kind of DNS server; you might contact
>> them.
>
> Implementing another DNS server for use in small contexts probably
> wouldn't be terribly valuable; Bind and djdns have that covered pretty
> successfully, and there wouldn't be high value in merely adding options.
Well, I generate my zones with a Common Lisp program.
If the DNS server was more "lisp-friendly", it would be easier.
There may be the same advantages to be get than with web servers
implemented in lisp...
> But there's definitely room for such a thing, at the "highly scalable"
> end of things, for handling sizable zones (e.g. - millions of names)
> in a database-driven fashion.
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