Open Source BIND Alternative Launches

Open Source BIND Alternative Launches 162

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:04AM from the ties-that-bind dept.

bednarz writes "A group of experts on Tuesday released an open source alternative to the BIND DNS server. The new software — dubbed Unbound 1.0 — is a recursive DNS server. From its first prototype in 2004, Unbound was designed to be a faster, more secure replacement for BIND. Unbound supports DNS security extensions (DNSSEC), which authenticate DNS lookups but are not yet widely deployed because they rely on a public key infrastructure. Unbound was released to open source developers by NLnet Labs, VeriSign, Nominet and Kirei."

Open Source BIND Alternative Launches

This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.

Search 162 Comments Log In/Create an Account

Comments Filter:

Java based DNS server? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:15AM (#23490816)

Java seems like a logical way to go with this, considering the great track record of other Java web technologies (Tomcat, Jetty, etc).

Is there anything out there?

No Chance. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:29AM (#23490920)

All your base belong to BIND.

But, but, but, but... (Score:2, Funny)

by MasterOfMagic ( 151058 ) writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:30AM (#23490938) Journal

but what if I like bondage? What would the Internet be without a little (okay, well, a lot) of bondage?!

Re:Powerdns anyone? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:40AM (#23491064)

We use powerdns_recursor which seems very similar, and is very good.

Return to parent comment.

Re:Are we supposed to trust.. (Score:5, Funny)

by richie2000 ( 159732 ) writes: <rickard.olsson@gmail.com> on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:40AM (#23491066) Homepage Journal

Anything with Verisign's named attached to it?
No, this isn't a named.

Angry Maintainer! (Score:4, Funny)

by argent ( 18001 ) writes: <peterNO@SPAMslashdot.2006.taronga.com> on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:44AM (#23491096) Homepage Journal

I can't decide if that should be a new emo superhero or a BOFH-themed ceiling-cat variant.

"Angry Maintainer is watching you masturbate." "Eww." "Why do you think he's angry?"

Slashdot Barbie... (Score:5, Funny)

by argent ( 18001 ) writes: <peterNO@SPAMslashdot.2006.taronga.com> on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:46AM (#23491120) Homepage Journal

Slashdot Barbie says "research is hard".

Re:But, but, but, but... (Score:3, Funny)

by Enry ( 630 ) writes: <enryNO@SPAMwayga.net> on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @08:54AM (#23491218) Journal

So I guess goths go for vampire taps?

The obligatory... (Score:3, Funny)

by Jesus_666 ( 702802 ) writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @09:11AM (#23491380)

I use Microsoft. Its vendor lock-in strategy surpasses every bondage artist's skill and administering Windows boxen makes my inner masochist cry from glee. And pain, of course.

They also eat cute little puppies, which is fine with me as I'm a cat person.

Re:Powerdns anyone? (Score:3, Funny)

by Bill_the_Engineer ( 772575 ) writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @10:25AM (#23492272)

never had a single crash of a pdns_recursor process that wasn't my own fault until this day.

What caused pdns_recursor to crash today?

Re:Feh.... (Score:3, Funny)

by lysse ( 516445 ) writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @10:31AM (#23492362)

Dan Bernstein's public demeanor makes Theo de Raadt look like Miss Manners.
"It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of sommbitch or another." (Jaynestown)

Re:ldapdns (Score:3, Funny)

by peterbye ( 708092 ) writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @11:04AM (#23492784)

Yes, typing 'rndc reload' is such an effort isn't it

Re:Powerdns anyone? (Score:3, Funny)

by Tarlus ( 1000874 ) writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @11:12AM (#23492902)

// We use powerdns_recursor which seems very similar, and is very good.

// Return to parent comment.

Dang it, I want to read further into the thread but I keep getting a stack overflow before I can get past the second comment.

Re:It's not... (Score:2, Funny)

by calmond ( 1284812 ) writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @12:07PM (#23493744)

Huh, frontpage-information is always quite hard to get.
Uh, no it isn't - just go to the frontpage website http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/frontpage/default.aspx [microsoft.com] Duh

Re:It's not... (Score:3, Funny)

by Sloppy ( 14984 ) writes: on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @02:11PM (#23495396) Homepage Journal

You must be new here.

There may be more comments in this discussion. Without JavaScript enabled, you might want to turn on Classic Discussion System in your preferences instead.

Open Source BIND Alternative Launches 162

Open Source BIND Alternative Launches More Login

Open Source BIND Alternative Launches

Java based DNS server? (Score:5, Funny)

No Chance. (Score:1, Funny)

But, but, but, but... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Powerdns anyone? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Are we supposed to trust.. (Score:5, Funny)

Angry Maintainer! (Score:4, Funny)

Slashdot Barbie... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:But, but, but, but... (Score:3, Funny)

The obligatory... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Powerdns anyone? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Feh.... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:ldapdns (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Powerdns anyone? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:It's not... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:It's not... (Score:3, Funny)

Related Links Top of the: day, week, month.

Slashdot Top Deals

Slashdot