Why is DNS still hard to learn?

Re:Why is DNS still hard to learn? by 1bent on Friday July 28, 2023 @02:04PM (#36910779)

djbdns is simple, easy to understand, easy to configure; it embodies a clear understanding of how DNS works.

Unlike BIND and dig, it was designed after DNS had been in use for a while.

Like sendmail, BIND suffers from being designed before anyone knew what it would need to do.

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Re:Why is DNS still hard to learn? by fullstop on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:37PM (#36912143)

I still use tinydns, but I've moved on from dnscache to unbound.

djbdns was a great tool, clearly built with security in mind, and it forced you to understand how the whole system worked. It struggled with things added later like txt and srv records but they could still be added.

qmail was also well ahead of its time.

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Re:Why is DNS still hard to learn? by rconti on Friday July 28, 2023 @06:56PM (#36914492)

and logging in hex is awful and should be punished

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