On Fri, Mar 7, 2014, at 9:21, Matt Grant wrote: > I am afraid the string 'dms' is very deeply buried through out all the > code.... > > Quite happy to describe it as the "bind9 DNS Management System" though.
Thank you very much. I would be even happier if the upstream lost the tight coupling to bind, but that's in my daydreaming box :). > Have to be careful to as 'BIND' may be a trademark of DNSco and the > ISC... DNSco is just a organization for support contracts. I am not aware that ISC holds the trademark over BIND name nor enforce it. I am looking at several ISC people right at this moment :)), so I can ask them quickly when dnsop WG is over. O. > On Fri, 2014-03-07 at 08:01 +0000, Ondřej Surý wrote: > > The "DNS = Bind" mindset makes me really sad. There is a couple of > > excellent authoritative standard-adhering modern DNS servers (Knot > > DNS, NSD, PowerDNS) out there that beat the hell out of Bind in one > > way or another and still when you say DNS people will just say Bind. > > (Well same for the tasksel job...) > > > > I know that I am biased being upstream for Knot DNS and maintainer for > > NSD even longer, but could we call this a Bind9 Management System in > > Debian? Since this is what it really is. > > > > O. > > -- > > Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> > > Knot DNS (https://www.knot-dns.cz/) – a high-performance DNS server > > > > On 6. 3. 2014, at 7:55, Matthew Grant <m...@mattgrant.net.nz> wrote: > > > > > > > Package: wnpp > > > Severity: wishlist > > > Owner: Matthew Grant <m...@mattgrant.net.nz> > > > > > > * Package name : dms > > > Version : 1.0 > > > Upstream Author : Matthew Grant <m...@mattgrant.net.nz> > > > * URL : http://mattgrant.net.nz/software/dms > > > * License : GPL3 > > > Programming Lang: Python > > > Description : DNS Management System > > > > > > DNS Management System using bind9 and PostgresQL 9.2+. Uses Dynamic > > > Updates to update and manage the Zones in Bind9. Has a daemon which > > > uses a State Machine for publishing zones from the DB. There is a > > > command line/shell program zone_tool for operation on the Zones, > > > including running an editor, and a JSON RPC over http interface via > > > Apache and mod_wsgi. > > > > > > o Master can have DR Failover > > > > > > o IPv6 fully supported in back end and front end > > > > > > o IPv6 DNS RRs (AAAA) > > > > > > o Dynamic DNS configuration of Master server reduces need for > > > reconfig and reload operations. > > > > > > o DNS RRs supported include SOA NS A AAAA MX PTR TXT SPF RP SSHFP > > > SRV > > > NSAP NAPTR LOC KX IPSECKEY HINFO CERT DS. DNSSEC handled by > > > bind9 master > > > > > > o Auto DNSSEC via Bind9 dynamic DNS. Bind9 master server auto > > > maintains zone DNSSEC operations records and signing. NSEC3 and > > > NSEC > > > supported. DNSSEC key management on Master server file system > > > pending > > > write of key management module. Key material directory is > > > replicated via > > > DR protocol (rsync) though. DMS is fully enabled to use DNSSEC > > > for > > > securing our core domains. > > > > > > o Apex resource record (SOA and NS) management across all zones - > > > can > > > be turned off per zone. > > > > > > o Auto reverse PTR generation > > > > > > o Customer control of their own automated reverse DNS. Individual > > > PTR > > > records, and complete reverse zones. Useful for business IPv6 and > > > IPv4 > > > blocks. Enables on site use of IP PABX, intranet and email for > > > SMBs on > > > XDSL/Fibre. > > > > > > o zone_tool command line administrative tool on master servers > > > > > > o IPSEC secured communications between each of DR master replicas > > > and slaves > > > > > > o Modular design. For example, Racoon IPSEC can be replaced if > > > needed. > > > > > > o Multiple Slave DNS server software implementations. NL Netlabs > > > nsd3 > > > can be used as a slave server once backend code is completed, and > > > a > > > simple configuration monitoring/HUP daemon implemented to run on > > > each > > > slave. > > > > > > o slave server/Server Groups (SG) support. Live migration of > > > zones. > > > > > > o Private SGs for internal zones. > > > > > > o Retention of deleted zones in database for aged auto-deletion > > > later. > > > > > > o Multiple Zone Instances per Zone. Roll forward and roll back > > > changes. Again old ZIs aged for auto deletion above a threshold > > > number. > > > > > > o Templates used for generating name server configuration includes > > > - > > > master, replicas and slaves. > > > > > > o Rsync to distribute name server configuration to servers. > > > > > > o Central distribution of name server configuration segments. > > > > > > o Hot standby master replica for DR purposes with manually > > > controlled > > > fail over. Includes automatic replica/slave server > > > reconfiguration. > > > > > > o WSGI JSON RPC over HTTPS API for mulitple front ends > > > > > > o Security tags to control what front ends can see > > > > > > o Zone reference metadata to tag the zone with the owner/customer > > > entity ID. Set by DMI when a zone is created. Tag out of table in > > > DB via > > > foreign key for easy reference renaming. > > > > > > o zone_tool has built in pager support and editor support via > > > standard > > > shell environment variables. > > > > > > o zone_tool has a configurable restricted shell mode for Help Desk > > > use > > > > > > o RR Groups and RR comments supported in DB for use in text editor > > > and > > > in Web Admin DMI (DNS Management Interface) > > > > > > o zone_tool has colourised diff support to display changes between > > > different ZIs for a zone > > > > > > o Vim can be used as zone tool editor, giving DNS colourised Zone > > > file > > > syntax high lighting. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > > Archive: > > > https://lists.debian.org/20140306075515.5154.49732.report...@sid-dev.internal.anathoth.net > > > > > > > > -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> Knot DNS (https://www.knot-dns.cz/) – a high-performance DNS server -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1394184867.30875.91672545.562df...@webmail.messagingengine.com
