danb35
October 30, 2021, 1:44pm
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It is in NS8.
Really, even aside from the fact that they’re already working hard on NS8, I wouldn’t think it at all appropriate to make such major architectural changes within the lifespan of a major release. NS7 should look and operate like NS7, and other modules should be able to expect things to operate like NS7 operates. Switching to something like this just doesn’t fit.
But in the next major release, they’ve already announced that pretty much everything’s going to be a container. The e-smith config system is gone, and configuration’s going to be handled quite differently. This seems like a prime opportunity to upgrade to a full-fledged DNS system, whichever one it might be.
It seems there are a number of threads here requesting pretty much the same, or at least overlapping, things. Here are a few (OK, several) others:
I’ve seen other topics here in the past (e.g., Full DNS software, even via docker ) asking for Neth to provide robust DNS configuration and public service, and I generally haven’t felt like it was something that would be worth the effort. And I still have concerns with the idea, mainly with the RFC’s “requirement” (i.e., suggestion) that DNS be hosted by at least two geographically-diverse hosts.
But I think I’ve encountered a good reason to do this: email. Email relies on DNS records, lots of…
Yes, I’ve been searching a bit as well and I can’t seem to find anything.
There seem’s to be some interest for it but all I find is instructions on how to configure unbound manually. The few implementations of a webgui in unbound are all in commercial products.
On the other hand there seems to be several solutions available for BIND. The one I’m most familiar is using it as part of webmin.
I also found this interesting article referring how to make unbound and BIND work together in an interna…
Hi all,
I was wondering if I could use NethServer as authoritative DNS server for my domain. Since I need to migrate from another server, the DNS should originally serve the zone as is now before switching over one per time the A records to the NethServer itself (and MX).
Is it possible?
NethServer Version: 7.1903
I think that in small midsize organizations the need to have a full featured DNS server (authoritative) was unnecessary, even in other platforms this is happening.
At the other side, in specific cases (but I think in bigger organizations or at least in a more articulated scenario) the administrator should have the chance to install a full featured DNS server module/package as well as the chance to easily configure what he needs through the GUI.
IMHO I think that NethServer fits better where th…
Why is Pi-Hole enabled in NethServer?
AFAIK NethServer implements a very basic DNS that just forwards requests.
(the lack of “real” DNS server has been discussed before in this forum)
In any case Technitium is a full DNS server, so it implements most if not all kinds of records, TXT, SRV etc. (not just A) and can act as authoritative DNS. Not sure if Pi-Hole can do that.
Also Technitium works with DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS.
Really, true DNS is vital for a home/office server setup.
I don’t understand how some people don’t see it.
First of all there is the “split DNS” feature. To set local addresses for local connections.
In other words, if a mobile client uses “mail.mydomain.com ” and asks a DNS for this, the “Internet” DNS (in the bus for example) will properly report the public IP (or even a cname matching a dyndns IP), when if connected in the LAN of the server, the local DNS will instead route than FQDN to a L…
I’m sure someone has asked for a Full fledged DNS server for Nethserver, have they not? This would be my vote for that as well.
And no, an ‘A’ record is an ‘A’ Record. You can host them local/internal or you can host them external. I disagree with your terminology.
When you are behind a NAT an External DNS ‘A’ record isn’t effective for naming your internal systems.
@dev_team , it really seems like there’s a lot of demand for this, and a time like this when you’re changing the entire architecture of the system anyway seems like a good time to implement it.
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