KEA vs ISC dhcp

[gspannu]

I can't resist: strictly speaking Dnsmasq is not a resolver. ;)


Cheers,
Franco

Strictly speaking, you are correct indeed...  ;)

[mifi42]

8) That is great news.... Support in dnsmasq.

dnsmasq is lightweight, highly configurable... has been around for so long, so lots of help/ support available on public forums.
I would use dnsmasq over anything for a lightweight resolver.

I agree. Dnsmasq has served me well during years and years.
I was reminded of the smoothness of the dnsmasq experience over the years, when I tried to battle through unbound quirks during the past couple of days.

Strictly speaking, of course.  ;)

Michiel

[jata]

Thanks all. My takeaway is to stay with ISC and wait for something better that is coming soonish...

[agh1701]

I just want to make sure I understand KEA.

Static DHCP leases in KEA will propagate to unbound as long as you restart unbound after adding the static lease.  from then on it will continue to propagate.

I understand that dynamic DNS registration (ipconfig /registerdns) does not work and never has.

Will regular leases issued by kea propagate to unbound DNS?

[franco]

> Will regular leases issued by kea propagate to unbound DNS?

I assume you mean regular leases as in "dynamic". So no.

[ajeffco]

I was really glad to see ISC Kea make it into OPNsense.  Unfortunately Kea on OPNsense does not have the same feature set as roll your own ISC kea with ISC Bind and High Availability.

I see that each release is adding of Kea on OPNsense is adding more and more functionality which I think is great.

Hopefully on OPNsense, at some point whatever DNS server comes into the mix with continued improvement of Kea will allow users running OPNSense CARP/HA to have DHCP and DNS high availability as well, allowing us to drop a couple of external servers.  ;D

[koushun]

Look at the latest comments https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/7475