Matthew Daubenspeck said: > - Bind8 or Bind9(testing only i think)?
i use bind8. i haven't seen any reason to upgrade to bind9 yet. bind8 has been workin goodfor years for me. > > - I currently have ONE static IP. If I choose this to be the name > server for all my domains, do I NEED/have-to-have a backup? unless you want 50% dns failures you will need a backup on another ip address. i don't know why but without a properly configured backup(having bind listen to 2 ips won't do it) 50% of dns replies are dropped. if you only have 1 system and get another ip, you can run 2 copies of bind one on each ip and that will be fine. i've had this problem personally :) > - Does a backup namesever have to have a static IP? I can use a > second server running potato as well, but it is connected via DSL > using PPPoE. The IP changes from time to time, but it uses a > dynamic domain name. Can I use this as a backup? i think it may depend on the registrar. i think some may allow you to put only a dns name as a nameserver. .de may be one, i have aphroland.de and when i do a whois it only lists the DNS name not the ips for the nameservers. i would highly reccomend running it on a static ip. i doubt your domain gets much traffic? if so i can be slave for you. or many other people on the list could im sure. DNS takes up so little bandwidth and no effort to maintain its not a problem. i currently host about 50 domains on my dsl connection. some registrars(like.de) require the slave nameserver to be on a different subnet from the primary(good practice, but not needed for personal stuff, especially if all of the services for that domain are on the same ip as the nameserver itself :) ) > - If not, are there free backup name server services? probably are, i'd never use em though. your better off using someone you know(i know you dont know me), or pay for a isp to do it for you. > Like I said, I apologize if this is TOO off topic, but I find that > most people on this list have a better grasp on such things than > anywhere else I have looked. hope i helped. ive been running DNS' for about 4 years. currently i run about 9 different nameservers in various parts of the U.S. also be sure your nameservers are registered. you may go through hell down the road if they are not. nate
