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The PowerDNS Authoritative Server is the only solution that enables |
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The PowerDNS Authoritative Server is a versatile nameserver which supports a |
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authoritative DNS service from all major databases, including but not limited |
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large number of backends. These backends can either be plain zone files or be |
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to MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, LDAP and plain text files. |
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more dynamic in nature. |
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DNS answers can also be fully scripted using a variety of (scripting) languages |
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PowerDNS has the concepts of ‘backends’. A backend is a datastore that the |
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such as Lua, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, C and C++. Such scripting can be used |
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server will consult that contains DNS records (and some metadata). The backends |
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for dynamic redirection, (spam) filtering or real time intervention. |
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range from database backends (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and BIND zone files to |
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co-processes and JSON API’s. |
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In addition, the PowerDNS Authoritative Server is the leading DNSSEC |
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Multiple backends can be enabled in the configuration by using the launch |
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implementation, hosting the majority of all DNSSEC domains worldwide. The |
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option. Each backend can be configured separately. |
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Authoritative Server hosts at least 30% of all domain names in Europe, and |
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around 90% of all DNSSEC domains in Europe. |
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* IPv4, UDP/TCP |
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* IPv6, UDP/TCP, 100% compliant |
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* Remotely pollable statistics for real time graphing |
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* MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, LDAP, SQLite3 |
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- Including replication |
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* Near instant start up time |
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* Plain BIND zone files |
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- Brief start up time |
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* Migration tools from legacy DNS platforms (zone2sql) |
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* Internal Lua-based scripted answer generation |
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* External high-performance Script-based answer generation |
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* Geographical load balancing |
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* Full DNSSEC support including all standardized algorithms |
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* TSIG for transaction signatures, AXFR authorization/requests |
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* Master/Slave support |
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* Built-in web server for statistics and limited direct control |
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* API for direct control (pdns_control, pdnssec) |
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- Local and remote access |
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WWW: https://www.powerdns.com/auth.html |
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WWW: https://www.powerdns.com/auth.html |