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This section is a subset of the full documentation which can be found in <code class="filename">modules/luabackend/README</code> of
the PowerDNS distribution.
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The most up to date version of this backend can be found at <a class="ulink" href="https://github.com/fredan/luabackend" target="_top">Fredrik's github</a>.
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The main author for this module is Fredrik Danerklint.
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</p><div class="table"><a id="idp9747344"></a><p class="title"><b>Table A.12. Lua backend capabilities</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Lua backend capabilities" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Native</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Master</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Slave</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Superslave</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Autoserial</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>DNSSEC</td><td>Yes</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break" />
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Experimental!</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
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The Lua backend is a full service that can allows a Lua script to provide answers to DNS queries.
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More details can be found <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.powerdns.com/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi/browser/trunk/pdns/modules/luabackend/README" target="_top">here</a>, or in
<code class="filename">modules/luabackend/README</code>, part of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server distribution.
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