managed dns providers using tinydns?

[Paul Theodoropoulos]

i'm interested in trying out managed dns services for a new initiative.
i seem to recall mention that opendns uses tinydns on the backend? i'd
prefer to use a managed dns service that uses djbdns, simply because i
find BINDisms ('let's use CNAMEs all over the place, yay!') tedious
after a decade of using djbdns. any recommendations?

[Chris Pugh]

i'm interested in trying out managed dns services for a new initiative. i
seem to recall mention that opendns uses tinydns on the backend? i'd prefer
to use a managed dns service that uses djbdns, simply because i find
BINDisms ('let's use CNAMEs all over the place, yay!') tedious after a
decade of using djbdns.  any recommendations?
--
Paul Theodoropoulos

Not really. However..

There's enough brain power frequenting this list. How about we create and
run one? ( and I'm not being TIC. )


Chris.

[Laurent Bercot]

Post by Chris Pugh
There's enough brain power frequenting this list. How about we create and
run one? ( and I'm not being TIC. )

It's not a question of brain power. It's a question of time, and other
resources.
I am managing free DNS services for a few friends and non-profit
organizations, running tinydns. But it's very small-scale, and I do not
have the time to do any more than that.

DNS administration is a job. Most of us probably fulfill the knowledge
requisite for the job. But I don't want a second job: I already have one,
and it's already too much. :P

[Chris Pugh]

There's enough brain power frequenting this list.  How about we create and
run one? ( and I'm not being TIC. )

 It's not a question of brain power. It's a question of time, and other
resources.

I understand that ( only too well ).

 I am managing free DNS services for a few friends and non-profit
organizations, running tinydns. But it's very small-scale, and I do not
have the time to do any more than that.

Much as do I. It was ( sipposed to be ) semi-commercial at one time, but
it hasn't been that in a long while now. it also is very small scale, probably
much smaller that yours. But, as you say, this all takes up time. Especialy,
since at present there isn't a user interface!

 DNS administration is a job. Most of us probably fulfill the knowledge
requisite for the job. But I don't want a second job: I already have one,
and it's already too much. :P

Couldn't agree more. A ( thankless ) job and a half sometimes. That said,
if nothing else, you could maybe provide still feedback - especially,
as to where
( if at all ) your existing service falls down, or requires improvement.

Cheers,


Chris.

[Bernd Plagge]

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It seems to me that there are a number of commercial questions to answer like
- main selling points (faster, more secure ... ?
- target group
- pricing and conditions

- From an admin view point you don't want to enter customer data manually. Therefore you need some web based system where people can log in and easily enter there records.
I have been using VegaDNS for a number of years. But this is not an end user tool although it would be possible to use that systems' database structure and the backend logic to build the 'data' file.

A commercial service needs to cover the main regions/continents.
I'm sitting in Japan and could contribute some server resources. In addition we would need servers in the Americas, Europe and possibly Africa.

So, this is an offer to build a commercial service.
2-3 more people willing to join either with expertise, server resources or marketing/sales and this could be set up within a reasonable amount of time.

If somebody is seriously interested please contact me directly and we can discuss the details.

Regards,
Bernd


On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:42:09 +0100

Post by Chris Pugh

There's enough brain power frequenting this list. __How about we create and
run one? ( and I'm not being TIC. )

__It's not a question of brain power. It's a question of time, and other
resources.

I understand that ( only too well ).

__I am managing free DNS services for a few friends and non-profit
organizations, running tinydns. But it's very small-scale, and I do not
have the time to do any more than that.

Much as do I. It was ( sipposed to be ) semi-commercial at one time, but
it hasn't been that in a long while now. it also is very small scale, probably
much smaller that yours. But, as you say, this all takes up time. Especialy,
since at present there isn't a user interface!

__DNS administration is a job. Most of us probably fulfill the knowledge
requisite for the job. But I don't want a second job: I already have one,
and it's already too much. :P

Couldn't agree more. A ( thankless ) job and a half sometimes. That said,
if nothing else, you could maybe provide still feedback - especially,
as to where
( if at all ) your existing service falls down, or requires improvement.
Cheers,
Chris.

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[Rainer Duffner]

Post by Bernd Plagge
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It seems to me that there are a number of commercial questions to answer like
- main selling points (faster, more secure ... ?
- target group
- pricing and conditions
- From an admin view point you don't want to enter customer data
manually. Therefore you need some web based system where people can
log in and easily enter there records.
I have been using VegaDNS for a number of years. But this is not an
end user tool although it would be possible to use that systems'
database structure and the backend logic to build the 'data' file.
A commercial service needs to cover the main regions/continents.
I'm sitting in Japan and could contribute some server resources. In
addition we would need servers in the Americas, Europe and possibly
Africa.
So, this is an offer to build a commercial service.
2-3 more people willing to join either with expertise, server
resources or marketing/sales and this could be set up within a
reasonable amount of time.
If somebody is seriously interested please contact me directly and
we can discuss the details.

Well, there is nictool (www.nictool.com).
We use that to run our tinydns. The advantage of it is that it has
some sort of API and a SOAP-interface that you can interface with from
3rd-party tools/control-panels.

It's designed to work well in a distributed manner.

The good thing about it is that this an extremely low-maintenance
solution.



cheers,
Rainer