Does this still work with the newest namecoind version 3.72 ?
It should as commands did not change. 
Topic: [ANN] NamecoinToBind v3.0.5 : run a .bit DNS server ! (Read 2530 times)
Does this still work with the newest namecoind version 3.72 ?
A new update has been released : v3.0.5.
- better support of aliases (support redirect to an existing domain : https://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4335#p4335)
- update bind config file to support malformed names (avoid one step during the install)
Source :
https://github.com/khalahan/NamecoinToBind/archive/v3.0.5.zip
- better support of aliases (support redirect to an existing domain : https://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4335#p4335)
- update bind config file to support malformed names (avoid one step during the install)
Source :
https://github.com/khalahan/NamecoinToBind/archive/v3.0.5.zip
are there any existing .bit domains you would recommend to visit?
http://dot-bit.org/Websites 
are there any existing .bit domains you would recommend to visit?
Wow, a thread in the altcoin subforum which is not about a 5 days-old coin.
I nearly cried.
Anyway, nice work. I'm happy to see Namecoin is still developped.
I won't be able to test it soon though.
I nearly cried.
Anyway, nice work. I'm happy to see Namecoin is still developped.
I won't be able to test it soon though.
A new update has been released : v3.0.4.
Some bugs fixed :p
Source :
https://github.com/khalahan/NamecoinToBind/archive/v3.0.4.zip
Some bugs fixed :p
Source :
https://github.com/khalahan/NamecoinToBind/archive/v3.0.4.zip
great work, watching...
After some more poking I got this to generate a zone file but it's only 547 lines long and none of my domains are listed. This appears to be skipping a huge number of domains. Maybe php isn't the right language to write this in.
I guess after all tests you've done that it has cached an incomplete list of names and tou got only new names.Here is what i have (after cleaning the cache and launching once) :
Code:
ll cache/
total 2.1M
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 1.7M May 30 09:10 bind_tree_seri
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 415 May 30 09:10 getinfo_seri
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 434K May 30 09:10 names_block_seri
total 2.1M
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 1.7M May 30 09:10 bind_tree_seri
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 415 May 30 09:10 getinfo_seri
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 434K May 30 09:10 names_block_seri
Code:
ll /etc/bind/dotbit
total 1.4M
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data bind 1.1M May 30 09:10 db.namecoin.bit
Can you report any error you have on first launch (after a cache clean) ?total 1.4M
-rw-r--r-- 1 www-data bind 1.1M May 30 09:10 db.namecoin.bit
On which OS are you installing it ?
I really don't get why namecoin uses 'ip' for 'A' records, 'ip6' for 'AAAA' records, 'alias' for 'CNAME' records. Why not just name these things the same way DNS does? After all this is aimed at DNS administrators isn't it?
Maybe to be coherent with other keywords like tor, i2p, fingerprint and all other that don't have a DNS equivalent. 
I made a mistake in one config file (/etc/bind/named.conf.bit ), sorry.
Here is what it should look like :
I've also updated the code to show php errors in debug mode and set max memory to 200MB.
Here is what it should look like :
Code:
// zones generated by users
zone "bit" { type master; file "/etc/bind/dotbit/db.namecoin.bit"; allow-query { any; }; allow-transfer { none; }; forwarders { }; };
zone "bit" { type master; file "/etc/bind/dotbit/db.namecoin.bit"; allow-query { any; }; allow-transfer { none; }; forwarders { }; };
I've also updated the code to show php errors in debug mode and set max memory to 200MB.
After some more poking I got this to generate a zone file but it's only 547 lines long and none of my domains are listed. This appears to be skipping a huge number of domains. Maybe php isn't the right language to write this in.
I really don't get why namecoin uses 'ip' for 'A' records, 'ip6' for 'AAAA' records, 'alias' for 'CNAME' records. Why not just name these things the same way DNS does? After all this is aimed at DNS administrators isn't it?
NamecoinToBind v3.0
I can't get this to work. It pulls 2 or 3 domains then quits without giving any errors even though debug is on. It doesn't write any zone files.
It looks about as difficult to fix as it would be to rewrite so I'm giving up. Shame really. This looked like such a useful thing.
I made a mistake in one config file (/etc/bind/named.conf.bit ), sorry.
Here is what it should look like :
Code:
// zones generated by users
zone "bit" { type master; file "/etc/bind/dotbit/db.namecoin.bit"; allow-query { any; }; allow-transfer { none; }; forwarders { }; };
zone "bit" { type master; file "/etc/bind/dotbit/db.namecoin.bit"; allow-query { any; }; allow-transfer { none; }; forwarders { }; };
I've also updated the code to show php errors in debug mode and set max memory to 200MB.
I'd love to set this up at a small business I work with but they're a Microsoft shop and I'll be honest and say I get DNS as a concept but I know little about the implementation - how hard would it be to make this work with a MS DNS server?
Assuming you can get the php to work it should just be a matter of reformatting the output and importing it, you might need to turn it into some LDIF like format.
Nobody sane uses a MS DNS server, certainly not to serve data to the Internet. It might be better to set this up on a Linux machine outside their network and query that.
Fair enough, there are probably more/better general use instructions for bind anyway
Great work!
The main branch isn't at 3.50. I assume this needs the khal ( your? ) branch at:
https://github.com/khalahan/namecoin.git
Is that branch considered stable?
Has anyone tried getting google or opendns to support .bit ? It would rock if getting access to .bit domains was as simple as using google's or opendns's nameservers.
The main branch isn't at 3.50. I assume this needs the khal ( your? ) branch at:
https://github.com/khalahan/namecoin.git
Is that branch considered stable?
Has anyone tried getting google or opendns to support .bit ? It would rock if getting access to .bit domains was as simple as using google's or opendns's nameservers.
The main branch is uptodate : https://github.com/namecoin/namecoin
Last signed tag : nc0.3.50.01
My master repo is also stable.
We are currently in the process of a "peering agreement" with OpenNIC (not OpenDNS :p), so, it is a first step in the direction a being supported by opendns and google :p.
NamecoinToBind v3.0
I can't get this to work. It pulls 2 or 3 domains then quits without giving any errors even though debug is on. It doesn't write any zone files.
It looks about as difficult to fix as it would be to rewrite so I'm giving up. Shame really. This looked like such a useful thing.
I'd love to set this up at a small business I work with but they're a Microsoft shop and I'll be honest and say I get DNS as a concept but I know little about the implementation - how hard would it be to make this work with a MS DNS server?
Assuming you can get the php to work it should just be a matter of reformatting the output and importing it, you might need to turn it into some LDIF like format.
Nobody sane uses a MS DNS server, certainly not to serve data to the Internet. It might be better to set this up on a Linux machine outside their network and query that.
I'd love to set this up at a small business I work with but they're a Microsoft shop and I'll be honest and say I get DNS as a concept but I know little about the implementation - how hard would it be to make this work with a MS DNS server?
NamecoinToBind v3.0
I can't get this to work. It pulls 2 or 3 domains then quits without giving any errors even though debug is on. It doesn't write any zone files.
It looks about as difficult to fix as it would be to rewrite so I'm giving up. Shame really. This looked like such a useful thing.
[Sorta-off-topic]: I'm wanting to setup my own DNS server for this, how would I go about doing it? I've read the tutorials on the site, but doesn't get much detail on ports and stuff.
That's very much on-topic. You run the php script at the top of this thread and it should generate a zone file you can feed to bind. If you don't know how to configure bind the o'reilly book DNS and Bind comes highly recommended.
I also heard setting up a DNS server uses a bit of bandwidth which is why I'm thinking about renting a tiny VPS somewhere else just for testing.
DNS only uses port 53 but it uses both UDP and TCP. DNS uses a tiny amount of bandwidth. You won't even notice it unless you are on dial up.
[Sorta-off-topic]: I'm wanting to setup my own DNS server for this, how would I go about doing it? I've read the tutorials on the site, but doesn't get much detail on ports and stuff.
That's very much on-topic. You run the php script at the top of this thread and it should generate a zone file you can feed to bind. If you don't know how to configure bind the o'reilly book DNS and Bind comes highly recommended.
I also heard setting up a DNS server uses a bit of bandwidth which is why I'm thinking about renting a tiny VPS somewhere else just for testing.
[Sorta-off-topic]: I'm wanting to setup my own DNS server for this, how would I go about doing it? I've read the tutorials on the site, but doesn't get much detail on ports and stuff.
That's very much on-topic. You run the php script at the top of this thread and it should generate a zone file you can feed to bind. If you don't know how to configure bind the o'reilly book DNS and Bind comes highly recommended.
Has anyone tried getting google or opendns to support .bit ? It would rock if getting access to .bit domains was as simple as using google's or opendns's nameservers.
I would think there would need to be more registrars and registered domains involved before that get into it.[Sorta-off-topic]: I'm wanting to setup my own DNS server for this, how would I go about doing it? I've read the tutorials on the site, but doesn't get much detail on ports and stuff.
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