Linux.com presents this tutorial from a new book on how to use djbdns as an alternative to using BIND.
Those who have been concerned with the number of security vulnerabilities found in the BIND server through the years, or who prefer an easier DNS solution, may wish to investigate an alternative, djbdns. This software, written from scratch by D.J. Bernstein, provides a much more robust, simplified and secure framework for DNS. djbdns is easy to install and configure, and is much less complex than BIND, essentially the same functionality.
This article is excerpted from the newly published book "Linux Network Administrator's Guide."
A djbdns DNS server is designed to be just that, a DNS server, meaning that by default it won't be resolving queries for machines outside of your authority. For that, you will need to build a separate caching server on a separate machine or IP address. Caches and DNS servers should be separated for security reasons.
