[Pdns-users] TinyDNS backend for PowerDNS

Duane duane at e164.org
Sat Mar 15 13:17:58 UTC 2008


bert hubert wrote:

> This is because PowerDNS internally makes 'backend queries', not 'dns
> queries'. This in turn is because we want to free the backend from knowing
> about DNS logic - otherwise it would have to follow CNAME chains etc.

There is a difference between dumbing things down and making a dumb
interface, knowing the dns type requested doesn't mean you have to know
DNS logic to the nth degree.

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