djbdns

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djbdns is a Domain Name System (DNS) server created by qmail's author, Daniel Bernstein. Like qmail, it provides a secure, reliable, efficient, and modular alternative to the de facto standard, which in this case is Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND).

If you're running BIND now—either for providing authoritative name service for your domain(s) or as a caching-only server for improving lookup performance—you should consider switching to djbdns for the same reasons that you're running qmail.

Even if you're not running a name server, you should install djbdns and run dnscache to enhance DNS lookup performance for all applications—not just qmail—and reduce outgoing DNS traffic.

The official djbdns Web site is http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html. The unofficial djbdns Web site (http://www.djbdns.org/) is another valuable resource, as is "Life with djbdns," a djbdns manual available on the Web (http://www.lifewithdjbdns.org/).



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The Qmail Handbook
The qmail Handbook
ISBN: 1893115402
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 186
Authors: Dave Sill

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