1 % Namecoin pipe backend for PowerDNS
2 # Namecoin pipe backend for PowerDNS
4 There exists a [project](https://github.com/namecoin/nmcontrol) to
5 create an all-in-one tool that can, among other things, act as a DNS
6 server for the `.bit` zone. There is also a
7 [tool](https://github.com/namecoin/NamecoinToBind) for offline
8 conversion of namecoin data into BIND zone file.
10 Unlike that, this project is a single-purpose tool acting as a (real
11 time) bridge between [Namecoin](https://namecoin.org/) and DNS.
12 [PowerDNS](https://www.powerdns.com/) provides a stable DNS frontend,
13 with an easy to implement backend interface, which is used in this
18 Alpha. It does not handle `SRV` records at all, does not support
19 `delegate` (not to mention `import`), provides bogus version in the
20 `SOA` record, and is largely untested. Try at your risk.