[rbldnsd] managing 'thousands' of zones in RBLDNSd rather than Bind9?

[snowcrash+rbldnsd]

hi wayne,

> It can be done using bind and a patched version of rbldnsd.  Some info here:
>
>    http://www.corpit.ru/pipermail/rbldnsd/2007q1/thread.html
>    See the thread "[rbldnsd] Using rbldnsd to blacklist websites"

i just skimmed the thread ... got the gist of it.

not clear about the order of queries/forwards (seemed rbldnsd was both
before & after bind9 ... gotte re-read).

thx.

> Since then, I have discovered dnsmasq:
>
>    http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html
>
>    It is fast (I don't know how it compares to rbldnsd), lightweight,
> and does the job without modifications.  I have a block file with over
> 60000 domain names pointed to 0.0.0.0 and it works great.

didn't know dnsmasq. thx.

you're not using dnsmasq for RBL service for mail, too, though -- are you?

cheers.