Weird DNS server...nsd?

but then, they request Reverse DNS... which, of course, they wouldn't need for any of the above applications.

It looked like a standard CD install (they didn't use the netinstaller), but it used non-default mirrors and had a weird DNS server installed (not bind9). I think it also had samba for some reason.

Yes, the script has support for the dns-challenge and it provides you the TXT records you have to add.

The Let's Encrypt DNS-01 challenge has been enabled in production since Jan. 20, 2016. They did not announce it anywhere except in a forum reply.

Yes, but you need to be able to add a DNS record(TXT), but this will not depend on what IP the subdomain have.

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You can use let's encrypt with the new dns-01 challenge.

In order to obtain Reverse DNS records, the following conditions must be satisfied:

It sounds like you're trying to set up vanity dns servers. It can be done but not on the free plan.

He got what he actually deserves. He edited the information at "edited February 6" so you may not see what he was actually writing. powerdns did not mentioned at firstplace while he

However, using this is just a redirection at dns level. My webservers(nginx) still listen to both www. and root, however return root as intended.

Running DNS hosting is pain in the a**. First you are hosting the most sensitive part of Internet, second you need to have very good knowledge of what's going on under the hood in context of protocols

In the past yes. I know dns very well, so not sure what i missed.

Do you, the OP, have profound knowledge of all the important things concerning DNS? That's nothing for me, I would never dare to touch something as sensitive and complex (if done right) like this. You

How would you use Cloudflare to delegate records to your NS? I have tried defining NS and A records without success. Not sure what a registrar is doing differently.

You can check out these as well : http://www.servermom.org/free-dns-hosting/1036/

Obviously handled at DNS level is better.

I use the MG module, and hate it, but it does work and was able to integrate it with the same PowerDNS cluster used by SolusVM so clients that use the forward DNS feature provided in SolusVM can have

Thanks for the replies, I'm taking a look at Rage4 now.