PowerDNS is a highly renowned DNS server program, constructed in C++ and protected under the GPL license. It operates seamlessly on most Unix derivatives, offering a considerable amount of backends that extend from simple BIND style zonefiles to sophisticated relational databases and load-balancing/failover algorithms.
Peter van Dijk
Features
The PowerDNS Platform boasts an impressive suite of DNS-related software. The platform delivers the full capabilities of its unadulterated Open Source products combined with robust ready-to-use additional features. What makes it special, though, is that it achieves this without compromising the modularity and flexibility one would expect from an Open Source solution. Beyond this, it promises reliable performance levels complemented by unparalleled support.
As an authoritative server, PowerDNS empowers users to leverage the authoritative DNS service from all popular databases such as MySql, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, Microsoft SQL Server, LDAP, and text files. It is compatible with various scripts like Java, Python, C, C++, Perl, Lua thereby allowing it to cater dynamically to tasks like redirections or spam filtering or real-time interventions.
