On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 08:47:25 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 11:45:23AM -0000, Andy Hawkins wrote: > > Apologies for the slight thread hijack. > > > > What would people recommend for a home LAN DNS server that is authoritative > > for a single domain, providing A, AAAA, PTR (both IPv4 and IPv6), NS and > > CNAME records to that domain? > > My only experience is with bind8, bind9, and tinydns (from djbdns).
… and mine's less than that. I stick to /etc/hosts. > I've never used IPv6 for anything. None of the networks that I deal > with use IPv6, period. They don't even have the option. I have one valuable use for IPv6 which is point-to-point connections. I plug a CAT5 cable into the two ends and use predefined functions to bulk-transfer files with scp. Why? 1) I don't have to touch the IPv4 configuration, 2) We can still watch TV; ie the router doesn't get swamped. > I have to wonder what kind of home you live in, that requires local > IPv6. Most homes are small enough that you can get by with the roughly > 2^24 addresses available in the private IPv4 ranges (10/8, 192.168/16, > and 172.16/12). > > So, my first pick would be tinydns, and forget about IPv6. But I may > not be the best person to try to address whatever your needs are. Cheers, David.
