unbound however there's no package in the toolbox for AIX.

Good old BIND comes with AIX. Actually, not sure if unbound is considered "lighter" than BIND. unbound/nsd are used together to create a full DNS server where nsd is the authoritative component and unbound is the recursing component. Ran BIND for years on AIX with split zones for enclaved systems. Worked well.

I guess it depends what you consider "lightweight". dnsmasq does quite a lot, including DHCP. If you're doing a little project, maybe consider spinning up something that runs DNS well, like pfsense/opnsense. unbound is standard there with a nice GUI.

unbound however there's no package in the toolbox for AIX.

Good old BIND comes with AIX. Actually, not sure if unbound is considered "lighter" than BIND. unbound/nsd are used together to create a full DNS server where nsd is the authoritative component and unbound is the recursing component. Ran BIND for years on AIX with split zones for enclaved systems. Worked well.

I guess it depends what you consider "lightweight". dnsmasq does quite a lot, including DHCP. If you're doing a little project, maybe consider spinning up something that runs DNS well, like pfsense/opnsense. unbound is standard there with a nice GUI.

I've seen folks copy around hosts files from a central "authorized" copy. It works. It's also how DNS got its start. I wouldn't recommend it.

I've seen folks copy around hosts files from a central "authorized" copy. It works. It's also how DNS got its start. I wouldn't recommend it.

unbound however there's no package in the toolbox for AIX.

Good old BIND comes with AIX. Actually, not sure if unbound is considered "lighter" than BIND. unbound/nsd are used together to create a full DNS server where nsd is the authoritative component and unbound is the recursing component. Ran BIND for years on AIX with split zones for enclaved systems. Worked well.

I guess it depends what you consider "lightweight". dnsmasq does quite a lot, including DHCP. If you're doing a little project, maybe consider spinning up something that runs DNS well, like pfsense/opnsense. unbound is standard there with a nice GUI.

I've seen folks copy around hosts files from a central "authorized" copy. It works. It's also how DNS got its start. I wouldn't recommend it.

unbound however there's no package in the toolbox for AIX.

Good old BIND comes with AIX. Actually, not sure if unbound is considered "lighter" than BIND. unbound/nsd are used together to create a full DNS server where nsd is the authoritative component and unbound is the recursing component. Ran BIND for years on AIX with split zones for enclaved systems. Worked well.

I guess it depends what you consider "lightweight". dnsmasq does quite a lot, including DHCP. If you're doing a little project, maybe consider spinning up something that runs DNS well, like pfsense/opnsense. unbound is standard there with a nice GUI.

unbound however there's no package in the toolbox for AIX.

Good old BIND comes with AIX. Actually, not sure if unbound is considered "lighter" than BIND. unbound/nsd are used together to create a full DNS server where nsd is the authoritative component and unbound is the recursing component. Ran BIND for years on AIX with split zones for enclaved systems. Worked well.

I guess it depends what you consider "lightweight". dnsmasq does quite a lot, including DHCP. If you're doing a little project, maybe consider spinning up something that runs DNS well, like pfsense/opnsense. unbound is standard there with a nice GUI.

Then you need to run a centralized DNS server.  It's really easy to produce DNS zones from an /etc/hosts.

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José Pina Coelho
IT Specialist at Kyndryl
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri May 17, 2024 11:38 AM
From: Sylvain
Subject: dnsmasq alternatives

Original Message:
Sent: 5/17/2024 11:11:00 AM
From: Mario
Subject: RE: dnsmasq alternatives

unbound however there's no package in the toolbox for AIX.

Good old BIND comes with AIX. Actually, not sure if unbound is considered "lighter" than BIND. unbound/nsd are used together to create a full DNS server where nsd is the authoritative component and unbound is the recursing component. Ran BIND for years on AIX with split zones for enclaved systems. Worked well.

I guess it depends what you consider "lightweight". dnsmasq does quite a lot, including DHCP. If you're doing a little project, maybe consider spinning up something that runs DNS well, like pfsense/opnsense. unbound is standard there with a nice GUI.

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Mario