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Subject: Re: [Q] 2.2.5 bind release 
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> > I'm 99.9% sure it'll be 4.9.6.  8.1.1 has the strongest nameserver but its
> > resolver library is sorely lacking and would probably cause many packages
> > to break.
> 
>   Has FreeBSD ever use the BIND resolver library?  It seems to me that the
> FreeBSD resolver is whole mix of different things, and is not 4.9.6
> either.

What sort of dopey question is this?  Have a look at src/contrib/bind
and decide for yourself what FreeBSD uses.

>   Besides the BIND resolver is mainly for systems that come with such a
> useless/broken resolver that anything is better (ex SunOS 4.1).

Not by half.

mike