Ed W wrote: > I came across the following quite fantastic book "Alternative DNS > Servers", by Jan-Piet Mens. Quite possibly everyone else already knows > about this book, but it's new to me > > http://www.uit.co.uk/BK-ADNS/HomePage > > Roughly it's a > - handbook on setting up every likely DNS server you have heard of > - theory of dns > - cookbook ideas for all kinds of whacky scenarios (perl/lua shims to > achieve unusual requirements such as answering ldap queries over dns) > - DNSSEC howtos > - Performance evaluations > > No relationship with the author other than a very impressed reader! >
Seconded, and I similarly have no axe to grind: Jan had me read the chapter on dnsmasq in advance of publication and I've subsequently met him in real life. A thoroughly nice chap. Cheers, Simon.