DNS server software

Domain name servers, as systems, are actually actually a combination of hardware and software which basically operates the purpose of DNS: to translate IP data into readable names and establish them as a workable hierarchy. Domain servers can service from the smallers network to wide range of network; examples of huge networks are the root servers and smaller name servers that are set-up at a personal level.

The following are the DNS servers in ranking according to the number of sites it services.

70.105% 24,335,752 BIND
15.571% 5,405,266 TinyDNS
6.237% 2,165,143 Microsoft DNS Server
2.792% 969,097 MyDNS
1.964% 681,614 PowerDNS
1.250% 433,905 Simple DNS Plus
1.138% 395,206 Unknown
0.277% 96,232 Pliant DNS Server
0.203% 70,455 NSD
0.144% 49,921 UltraDNS
0.104% 36,195 Net::DNS::Nameserver
0.083% 28,656 QuickDNS
0.064% 22,087 Incognito DNS Commander
0.025% 8,508 MaraDNS
0.024% 8,174 rbldnsd
0.018% 6,135 Totd
0.001% 386 ATLAS
0.001% 371 Posadis
0.001% 312 NonSequitur DNS
0.000% 12 Nominum ANS/CNS

There are different types fo DNS servers available today. The next sections describe these different types of servers.



BIBLIOGRAPHY

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http://www.wlug.org.nz/BindVsTinyDNS
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http://www.networkclue.com/internet/DNS/MS-DNS/
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http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/nsd/