Evaluating alternatives to BIND for internal DNS. Would love to integrate DNS into the automated provisioning process using an API. Does anyone know of a FOSS DNS server alternative to BIND that has a API to boot? I use to use MyDNS which performed great but rather not edit the DB directly if a better solution is already out there.
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You can do dynamic DNS updates with Bind, including even automatic DNSSEC.– u1686_grawityOct 10, 2011 at 23:13
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Can you explain why it is you don't want to use BIND?– gravyfaceOct 10, 2011 at 23:17
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1BIND has a horrible security track record, even after the rewrite. Although, if there is a restful API and possibly a good up-to-date webui then I'd reconsider!– CarpeNoctemOct 10, 2011 at 23:23
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@CarpeNoctem: you should make that clear in your question so that others can direct you to other DNS servers with security in mind.– gravyfaceOct 11, 2011 at 8:43
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I have not tried any of them but there are some FOSS API around for PowerDNS.
http://kennethkalmer.github.com/powerdns-on-rails/
https://github.com/devel/PowerDNS-API#readme
http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/htdocs/PowerDNS-API-Client/PowerDNS/API/Client/Request.html
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Thanks, going to test both APIs and will update question with any relevant findings. Oct 28, 2011 at 19:47
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