"PowerDNS Authoritative" or "PowerDNS Recursive"

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by vikas027, Dec 31, 2010.

  1. vikas027

    vikas027 New Member

    Hi All,

    I was just going to try PowerDNS, but when I reached the download page I got confused about which one to go for -- "PowerDNS Authoritative" or "PowerDNS Recursive".

    Could someone please throw some light on it ?
     
  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    If you want to host your own zones, you should probably download the authoritative server; if you just want to run a nameserver that can do lookups for other domains (e.g. as your ISP does), use the recursive one.
     

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