From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 14 04:06:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5876106566B for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:06:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: from mx1.identry.com (on.identry.com [66.111.0.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB68C8FC0C for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:06:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jalmberg@identry.com) Received: (qmail 26845 invoked by uid 89); 14 Jul 2009 04:06:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.110?) (jalmberg@75.127.142.66) by mx1.identry.com with ESMTPA; 14 Jul 2009 04:06:45 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20090713222746.5D519BF05@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> References: <20090713222746.5D519BF05@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7DD18C43-5B03-4624-9487-ACC4AFAF000F@identry.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Almberg Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:06:22 -0400 To: vogelke+unix@pobox.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should DNS be on same server as webserver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:06:28 -0000 On Jul 13, 2009, at 6:27 PM, Karl Vogel wrote: >>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:03:24 -0400, >>> Jon Radel 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