About PowerDNS

PowerDNS is a DNS server program, written in C++ and licensed under the GPL.

Features

• Authoritative DNS server (hosting)
• Resolving DNS server (caching)
• API to provision zones and records
• DNSSEC support (as of 3.x)
• Web-based management options
• DNS data stored in plaintext (BIND compatible)
• IPv4 and IPv6, UDP/TCP, 100% compliant
• MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase database back ends
• Load balancing/failover algorithms
• SNMP support
• Remotely pollable statistics for real-time graphing
• Optional built-in web server
• Debugging tools
• Support for Linux, BSD, Unix