Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:13:27 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing BIND with unbound (Was: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <4FFAAEC7.1040407@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4FFA0D4E.3050507@obluda.cz> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF2E00E.2030502@FreeBSD.org> <86bojxow6x.fsf@ds4.des.no> <89AB703D-E075-4AAC-AC1B-B358CC4E4E7F@lists.zabbadoz.net> <4FF8C3A1.9080805@FreeBSD.org> <0AFE3C4A-22DB-4134-949F-4D05BBFC4C6C@lists.zabbadoz.net> <4FF8CA35.7040209@FreeBSD.org> <CA%2BtpaK1R1miXTJv8YJUMZWQcKFk7RPDePDBiCEMdWHZX=qksSQ@mail.gmail.com> <4FF952FB.10200@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207081130540.2035@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4FF99C12.8070004@obluda.cz> <4FFA01D7.8090807@FreeBSD.org> <4FFA0D4E.3050507@obluda.cz>
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On 7/9/12 12:44 AM, Dan Lukes wrote: > On 07/08/12 23:55, Doug Barton: >> On 07/08/2012 07:41, Dan Lukes wrote: > ... >> Sorry, you're not understanding what is being proposed. Specifically >> you're confusing the system stub resolver (the bit that's compiled into >> libc, and used by binaries) and the resolving name server (BIND). No one >> is proposing to replace the stub. > > > libc stub resolver is BIND code based, so I assumed that arguments > against BIND apply to it as well. > > I'm happy it's not true. > > In my humble opinion, no resolving name server need to be part of base > at all. We have no DHCP, VPN, RADIUS, WWW, ... server in the base as well. > > > Thank you for clarifying. > > Dan > Whereas you don't need a DHCP, VPN, RADIUS or WWW server to do *anything at all* with your newly installed BSD machine, you sort of need a DNS resolver... I for one am not going to use a 3rd party resolver, even if only to download the ports' source code for BIND, so I'm happy it's provided in the base.
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