Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:00:03 -0700 From: jungle Boogie <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> To: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD recommends not using base unbound for an authoritative server Message-ID: <CAKE2PDvy7CRW_O_XR9oHtHBe8gO9THVGGz1BdN6dPbZSGk8etA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPi0psuy1swnCB%2B5NQbPrAAA=E3E377CcOPvvez%2Be4Ze6zuVZQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPi0pssPrcJgF71AvQ-M1RZt=%2Btv=6FTGtwhi9_bX6-Q-7b7cQ@mail.gmail.com> <5508B8EB.3050907@gmail.com> <CAPi0psuy1swnCB%2B5NQbPrAAA=E3E377CcOPvvez%2Be4Ze6zuVZQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Chris, On 18 March 2015 at 08:32, Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Jungle Boogie <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> wrote: >> I use unbound from base _only_ at home for recursive DNS stuff. If I were to >> make it authoritative for a domain, I'd use ports or packages because they >> are updated more frequently over what's it base. > > Mr. Boogie, > > Thank you for your reply. Are you referring to security? Is this the > is a correct interpretation of what you are saying: > > "In general, the FreeBSD base software is untrustworthy because it is > infrequently updated. Someone who is interested in security should > avoid the FreeBSD base packages and use ports wherever possible." > No, I wouldn't say untrustworthy nor am I referring to trust at all. If you install unbound from ports/pkg, you'll have unbound (or anything else) updated more frequently over what's in freeBSD base. >From here, we can see how frequently is updated: https://www.freshports.org/dns/unbound/ You may not care about frequent updates, so that's something you'll need to consider. > Thank you, > > Chris -- ------- inum: 883510009027723 sip: jungleboogie@sip2sip.info xmpp: jungle-boogie@jit.si
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