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Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a LAN

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a LAN
Date 2018-01-19 16:20 +0100
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On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 08:47:25 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 11:45:23AM -0000, Andy Hawkins wrote:
> > Apologies for the slight thread hijack.
> > 
> > What would people recommend for a home LAN DNS server that is authoritative
> > for a single domain, providing A, AAAA, PTR (both IPv4 and IPv6), NS and
> > CNAME records to that domain?
> 
> My only experience is with bind8, bind9, and tinydns (from djbdns).

… and mine's less than that. I stick to /etc/hosts.

> I've never used IPv6 for anything.  None of the networks that I deal
> with use IPv6, period.  They don't even have the option.

I have one valuable use for IPv6 which is point-to-point connections.
I plug a CAT5 cable into the two ends and use predefined functions
to bulk-transfer files with scp. Why?
1) I don't have to touch the IPv4 configuration,
2) We can still watch TV; ie the router doesn't get swamped.

> I have to wonder what kind of home you live in, that requires local
> IPv6.  Most homes are small enough that you can get by with the roughly
> 2^24 addresses available in the private IPv4 ranges (10/8, 192.168/16,
> and 172.16/12).
> 
> So, my first pick would be tinydns, and forget about IPv6.  But I may
> not be the best person to try to address whatever your needs are.

Cheers,
David.

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stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a LAN "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> - 2018-01-18 22:40 +0100
  Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-01-18 22:50 +0100
    Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> - 2018-01-19 06:20 +0100
      Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-01-19 21:10 +0100
  Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-18 22:50 +0100
    Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> - 2018-01-19 06:20 +0100
    Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> - 2018-01-19 12:50 +0100
      Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-01-19 13:10 +0100
        Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> - 2018-01-19 13:30 +0100
          Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-01-19 15:10 +0100
            Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> - 2018-01-19 15:30 +0100
      Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-19 14:50 +0100
        Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-01-19 15:10 +0100
        Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> - 2018-01-19 15:20 +0100
          Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2018-01-19 16:20 +0100
            Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-01-19 17:40 +0100
            Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-01-19 20:40 +0100
        Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-19 16:20 +0100
          Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> - 2018-01-22 18:30 +0100
            Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-22 23:30 +0100
              Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> - 2018-01-23 10:30 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-23 12:20 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-01-23 14:50 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-23 15:50 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Andy Hawkins <andy@gently.org.uk> - 2018-01-23 17:10 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-23 18:10 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-01-23 21:00 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-02-22 23:00 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-02-24 10:00 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a   LAN Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-02-24 11:10 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-02-25 18:40 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-02-27 21:00 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-02-28 18:20 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-02-28 19:50 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-02-28 21:20 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-03-03 00:00 +0100
                Re: stretch and DNS name resolution service for other devices on a  LAN David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-04 20:30 +0100

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