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On 10/12/13 10:28 AM, David Wolfskill wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 02:14:28AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> ...
>> Thanks for info!
> Glad to help.
>
>> I saw that bind was removed from the current branch because of security problems,
> It was removed, but I believe that there was a bit more to it than
> "security problems."
I think it was just a personal preference that managed to get communicated
as "important", and no-one had the energy or will to argue about it.
(that's the way software projects often work.. loudest and most 
persistent voice wins).

>> but didn't know nslookup was part of BIND.
>>
>> Now I see in $PORTSDIR/dns/bind-tools/pkg-plist
>>
>> bin/dig
>> bin/host
>> bin/nslookup
>>
>> so host is also part of BIND?
> :-}  The version of host we had when BIND was part of base was part of
> BIND, yes.  Looking in src/usr.bin/host/Makefile, I see:
>
> # $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/host/Makefile 255949 2013-09-30 17:23:45Z des $
>
> LDNSDIR=        ${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/ldns
> LDNSHOSTDIR=    ${.CURDIR}/../../contrib/ldns-host
> ...
>
> which indicates that this is a re-implementation of "host" as
> provided by contrib/ldns.
>
>> I will remember to use "host" in the future.
> I have found it generally easy to use (easier by far than nslookup).
>
> Peace,
> david