Re: OT - Small DNS "appliances" for remote offices.

[Colin Johnston <colinj () gt86car org uk>]

older apple tv will work as well :)

Colin

> On 19 Feb 2015, at 19:47, Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
>
> If your time is worth anything, you can't beat the Mac Mini, especially for a branch office mission-critical 
> application like DNS.
>
> I just picked up a Mini from BestBuy for $480. I plugged it in, applied the latest updates, purchased the MacOSX 
> Server component from the Apples Store ($19), and then via the Server control panel enabled DNS with forwarding.
>
> Total time from unboxing to working DNS: 20 minutes.
>
> The Server component smartly ships with all services disabled, in contrast to a lot of Linux distros, so it's pretty 
> secure out of the box. You can harden it a bit more with the built-in PF firewall. The machine is also IPv6 ready out 
> of the box, so my new DNS server automatically services both IPv4 and IPv6 clients.
>
> You get Apple's warranty and full support. Any Apple store can do testing and repair.
>
> And with a dual-core 1.4GHz I5 and 4GB memory, it's going to handle loads of DNS requests.
>
> Of course, if your time is worth little, spend a lot of time tweaking slow, unsupported, incomplete solutions.
>
> -mel
>
> On Feb 19, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys () visp net lb>
> wrote:
>
> > On 2015-02-19 18:26, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> > > On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:52:42 +0000, David Reader said:
> > > > I'm using several to connect sensors, actuators, and such to a private
> > > > network, which it's great for - but I'd think at least twice before deploying
> > > > one as a public-serving host in user-experience-critical role in a remote
> > > > location.
> > > I have a Pi that's found a purpose in life as a remote smokeping sensor and
> > > related network monitoring, a task it does quite nicely.
> > > Note that they just released the Pi 2, which goes from the original single-core
> > > ARM V6 to a quad-core ARM V7, and increases memory from 256M to1G. All at the
> > > same price point.  That may change the calculus. I admit not having gotten one
> > > in hand to play with yet.
> > Weird thing - it still has Ethernet over ugly USB 2.0
> > That kills any interest to run it for any serious networking applications.
> >
> > ---
> > Best regards,
> > Denys