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Back to "Domain Name System"PowerDNS is one under the GNU general Public License published name server software, which can use most diverse data sources as baking for its DNS answers.
Characteristics
PowerDNS is written to a large extent in C++ and differs from other DNS implementations not only by the different possible backends, but also by its pack Cache. This notes the last DNS answers in a RAM Cache and sends these again out, as soon as he receives the same inquiry again within a configurable period. The PowerDNS distribution contains likewise a DNS Recursor as separate program.
Backends
At present there are the following backends in the PowerDNS package:
Pipe baking asks another process for answers to DNS inquiries by a standard Pipe (Unix Pipe) gene Eric SQL backends permits zone data in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQLite relational data bases vorzuhalten.DB2 baking asks an IBM DB2 DBMSBIND baking reads zone data from a regular BINDS for zone file (in MEMORY) ODBC baking gets zone information from a ODBC data base starting from (windows only) XDB baking can with Tridge's trivially DATA cousin, or with normal *db tables on non removable disk (highly performant) LDAP talk baking DNS Zoneninformationen from a LDAP directory geo baking permitted depending upon IP rank or geographical origin of the IP different answers to giving random baking generate coincidental answers (only to testing meaningfully)PowerDNS and Wikimedia
Since beginning Wikimedia PowerDNS and its uses 2005 binds and geo backends around the complete Wikipedia DNS Traffic to discuss. With that geobaking for example Webclients can be led on those, them geographically nearest, Wikipedia server. This makes a very effective form for the distribution of load possible and reduces besides still the periods of reply for the Clients.
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