X-Git-Url: http://www.average.org/gitweb/?p=pdns-pipe-nmc.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=0f589b0f053339f2d53e89c00f95183f272ba169;hp=d730e46e9bff0e6fa1c76f78764cb4fe2024f58c;hb=c5c0940f05f900197ccdad9f49665404a8ea7a2c;hpb=13345ab1971c812aa1300ae8ac42b5852526b878 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d730e46..0f589b0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ for offline conversion of namecoin data into BIND zone file. Unlike those, this project is a single-purpose tool acting as a (real time) bridge between [Namecoin](http://namecoin.info/) and DNS. -[PowerDNS](https://www.powerdns.com/) provides a stable DNS frontend, -with an easy to implement backend interface. The latter is used in -this project. +It is implemented as a `pipe backend` to +[PowerDNS](https://www.powerdns.com/), which provides stable DNS +frontend, and has simple backend interface. ## Building @@ -82,9 +82,14 @@ your resolvers. ## Status -Alpha. It does not handle `SRV` records at all, does not support -`delegate` (not to mention `import`), provides bogus version in the -`SOA` record, and is largely untested. Try at your risk. +Alpha. It is insufficiently tested, and there are loose ends in the +functionality. For example, version in the `SOA` record is bogus. +Some of the the problems are due to incomplete and/or imprecise +[definition of the domain data format](https://wiki.namecoin.info/index.php?title=Domain_Name_Specification) +on the wiki. That said, I am using it to access some of the `.bit` websites +and did not notice anomalies so far. + +Try at your risk. ## Getting the Source @@ -94,6 +99,9 @@ Git [clone](git://git.average.org/git/pdns-pipe-nmc.git) or [browse](http://www.average.org/gitweb/?p=pdns-pipe-nmc.git;a=summary), or use [github mirror](https://github.com/crosser/pdns-pipe-nmc). +Here is a statically linked Linux binary: +[pdns-pipe-nmc.x86\_64.2014-04-20.git-e9bd43f](http://www/average/org/pdns-pipe-nmc/pdns-pipe-nmc.x86_64.2014-04-20.git-e9bd43f) with pgp [signature](http://www/average/org/pdns-pipe-nmc/pdns-pipe-nmc.x86_64.2014-04-20.git-e9bd43f.sig). + ## Author Eugene Crosser \