[asterisk-users] asterisk and DNS

[Paul Chambers]

Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
> We've just had the problem where our DNS server went down, and * started 
> to act "funny".
>
> Is the best solution to install a local DNS server on the * box, and 
> have no other DNS servers ? - this is an internal app, no need for any 
> external DNS resolution at all
>   
I'd recommend dnsmasq. I've been running it for a few years, and it 
works very well for me. Besides DNS, it optionally supports DHCP 
(integrated with DNS) and TFTP. A basic (i.e. normal :) configuration is 
easy to set up, though there's plenty of depth if you need to do 
something more unusual.

Stable, small, fast, actively maintained. I've only had positive 
experiences with it. I'd been running bind before that, and it was none 
of those things.

http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html

-- Paul