Software: Features
BIND-9
- Pro
- Views
- One server process can provide multiple “views” of the DNS namespace based on the IP address of the source, e.g. an “inside” view to certain clients, and an “outside” view to others.
- Improved Portability Architecture
- Handles Zone Transfers Internally
- Via separate thread
- No fork()/exec() overhead
- Won’t cause memory thrashing
- Easy to set up in highly secure mode (some OSes do this by default)
- Chroot()
- Non-privileged process