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Open Source BIND Alternative Launches

Posted by kdawson on 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."

6 of 162 comments (clear)

  1. Java based DNS server? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

  2. Re:Powerdns anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Return to parent comment.

  3. Re:Are we supposed to trust.. by richie2000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anything with Verisign's named attached to it? No, this isn't a named.
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  4. Angry Maintainer! by argent · · Score: 3, Funny

    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?"

  5. Slashdot Barbie... by argent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot Barbie says "research is hard".

  6. Re:ldapdns by peterbye · · Score: 3, Funny

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