Re: [gentoo-user] DNS server packages

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On Sunday, October 11, 2015 09:35:39 AM Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 11/10/2015 04:13, James wrote:
> > Howdy,
> > 
> > So I now have (5) statics and a fiber feed, with lots of room to grow.
> > 
> > I need to setup DNS primary/secondary systems on gentoo. So right now I'm
> > looking for a suggested list of packages to install with Bind, iptables
> > and
> > DNSSEC-tools as these (2) gentoo dns servers will only run the minimum
> > packages to operate securely?
> 
> auth or cache?
> 
> First of all, bind is a pain to use. Reason: it's actually a reference
> implementation that as usual got forced into production use. It's slower
> than it could be because it deals with every possible corner case per RFC.
> 
> As an auth server (few queries) it's OK
> As a cache (many queries), there are better servers out there. I prefer
> unbound.

As it is related to this thread, which server would people recommend when the 
DNS records are to be found in a database?
Reason I am asking:
I want to set up a lab environment with VMs coming and going.
These all need to have hostname/mac/ip stored and configured correctly.

Till now, I basically preconfigured Bind and DHCPd for a bunch of them.
I would prefer to be able to specify a hostname for this, but writing 
something that keeps changing the configuration and keeping it in-sync with a 
database is a bit overkill.

Thanks,

Joost