From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Feb 18 23:39:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from w250.z064001178.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net (w250.z064001178.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.1.178.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8360F37B401 for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:39:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 1593 invoked by uid 1000); 19 Feb 2001 07:39:38 -0000 Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:39:16 -0800 From: Jos Backus To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND Message-ID: <20010218233916.J28286@lizzy.bugworks.com> Reply-To: Jos Backus References: <200102190547.WAA12829@usr05.primenet.com> <3A90CA94.D7CBCB65@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A90CA94.D7CBCB65@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 12:25:50AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [This is rapidly turning into a bikeshed...] On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 12:25:50AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > Some of the assumptions behind the operation of djbdns may not hold true > for your installation. Some of those behind BIND's operation may not either. BIND's instability and problems are costing people and companies all over the world real time and money. > That, along with the unmaintainability of the software fails to convince me > it is a viable replacement for BIND. Again, what's there to maintain? Fix bugs/security problems? -= * =- I can't help getting the impression that people don't care to give djbdns a proper look because of the way they perceive its author. Who cares what kind of personality the author has, as long as the code works and is well-supported? -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ josb@cncdsl.com _/_/ _/_/_/ use Std::Disclaimer; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message