dnsmasq vs. bind

Russell Starr rstarr at kcpeople.net
Sat Feb 7 05:52:34 CST 2004


Shayne,

I've used dnsmasq before and it just works.  It is built into IPCop
(www.ipcop.org), which is a special purpose linux distro for a router/NAT
box that has an easy to use web interface.

-Russ

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Shayne Patton wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I was just wondering if any of you have any experience with dnsmasq.  I
> just recently started using it, and like it for the most part.  VERY
> lightweight!  My main concern is how it scales.  Can you integrate it
> into your sendmail (or postfix) easily.  I know it integrates with dhcpd
> which, to me, rocks for something this lightweight.  How many clients
> have you'all had on 1 lan with it?  Anyway, thoughts on dnsmasq vs. bind
> would be appreciated......especially experiential ones.
>
> Thanx in Advance!!!
>
> Universally,
> Shayne
>




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