Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:04:27 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Something's happening with named Message-ID: <20010402190426.H20830@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <20010402025846.C75063@mail.webmonster.de>; from karsten@rohrbach.de on Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 02:58:46AM %2B0200 References: <4630.010329@rostokgroup.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010329195331.06d46eb0@mail.Go2France.com> <20010402025846.C75063@mail.webmonster.de>
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On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 02:58 +0200, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote:
>
> couldn't bind just go away in future freebsd releases?
> im running tinydns since quite some time and i am pretty happy
> with it. happier than with bind ;-)
While those who know both program suites will agree on the
advantages of djbdns (quality and fitness in all the vanilla
setups, only bigger setups need(?) special BIND features),
there's not only the technological side in this topic. It's
*very* easy to do something wrong and collide with DJB's
licensing scheme. There have been multiple discussions about
this very topic, the latest was within the past two months.
Unless there's a definitive statement about the legalese DJBware
won't get packaged and shipped with a distro. Maybe you want to
bug DJB for an ACK? (hint, hint) While I understand his
reasoning ("Any deviation from my design is a bug and voids my
warranty") I see the concerns of distributors, too ("Will he sue
me for installing it into a different location? Will he sue me
for extending it while still calling it djbdns? May I even
binary package and ship it?").
Sorry, I lack English words. But in German "heikel"
("troublesome"?) would be most appropriate. I'm sure the other
replies will tend to some "highly dangerous from the non
technical POV", too. :(
We all should be glad that it's so easy to not run bind and
install djbdns from the ports instead. This makes it a
consious(sp?) decision by the admin. It's very much like running
an MTA different from sendmail or running non main stream
software at all: You're free to do it but you have to take care
yourself ...
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