PowerDNS is a Domain Name System (DNS) server with a lot of different possible backends, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, LDAP, BIND zone files and a Unix pipe backend. In this article we will look at the pipe backend which is passed the DNS request by PowerDNS through standard input (stdin) and must reply through standard […]
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Ubuntu 12.04 network configuration
The network configuration of Ubuntu 12.04 has changed a bit, at least the server edition, haven’t checked the desktop version. The file /etc/network/interfaces contains a few directives that tell Ubuntu how to configure the network interfaces. There are basically two choices: dynamic configuration (through a DHCP client) or static configuration. DHCP is quite simple: auto […]
BIND DNS server
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols and provides an openly redistributable reference implementation of the major components of DNS, including a DNS server (named), a DNS resolver library and tools for verifying the proper operation of the DNS server. The BIND DNS Server is used on […]