Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:53:08 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Bind in FreeBSD, security advisories Message-ID: <51F7C544.4050607@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMt4G02yhU0cbiq_EEwhi4=mgt2kLGJf0Rgb8t9wECsGJA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAO%2BPfDctepQY0mGH7H%2BgOSm4HJwhe-RCND%2BmxAArnRxpWiCsjg@mail.gmail.com> <1375186900.23467.3223791.24CB348A@webmail.messagingengine.com> <51F7B5C7.6050008@digsys.bg> <CAOgwaMt4G02yhU0cbiq_EEwhi4=mgt2kLGJf0Rgb8t9wECsGJA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/30/2013 08:13 AM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> wrote: > >> >> On 30.07.13 15:21, Mark Felder wrote: >> >>> People don't seem upset about not having a webserver, IMAP/POP daemon, >>> or LDAP server in base, so I don't understand what the big deal is about >>> removing BIND. >>> >> >> I believe the primary reason these things are not in the base system is >> that they have plenty of dependencies, with possibly conflicting licenses >> etc. >> >> If the concern is over the rare case when you absolutely >>> need a DNS recursor and there are none you can reach I suppose we should >>> just import Unbound. >>> >> >> There are many and good reasons to include an fully featured name server, >> or at least full recursive resolver. For example, for properly supporting >> DNSSEC. >> We could in theory remove the BIND's authoritative name server >> executable... if that is attracting the SAs. >> >> The justification "reduce the number of SA's", that is, "the bad PR" is >> probably not enough. Going that direction, we should consider Comrade >> Stalin's maxim "FreeBSD exists, there are problems, here is the solution -- >> no FreeBSD, no problems!" :-) >> >> Daniel >> > > > > Then , there exists a new problem : > > > "There is no FreeBSD ..." > > > Thank you very much . > > Exactly. Either strip everything out of the base including things like perl or admit that there is more to a modern OS than just kernel and admin tools. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliukhome | help
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