Should DNS be on same server as webserver?

[John Almberg]

On Jul 13, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Karl Vogel wrote:

>>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:03:24 -0400,
>>> Jon Radel <jon at radel.com> said:
>
> J> Apache and Bind have both had their security issues over the  
> years, and
> J> there's something to be said for running them on different  
> servers to
> J> reduce both the "all eggs in one basket" factor and the ease of
> J> spreading an attack.  (Yes, I'm assuming what you're actually
> J> running....)
>
>    You can fix the security problems by dumping Bind and using djbdns.
>    It's very easy to set up a caching nameserver without using all the
>    memory on your system.  See http://www.lifewithdjbdns.com/ for  
> more.


I actually do use djbdns. Super easy to use, once you figure it out.

-- John