On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:28:39AM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 06:13:13PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 09:55:48AM +0100, Roy Marples wrote: > > > For example, I would use nsd on exactly one machine in my environment, > > > my public facing DNS server which is exactly where it belongs. > > > > > > On the other hand, all my other BSD machines run unbound as a local > > > caching resolver. > > > > To slightly expand that. You don't need nsd if you just want to serve a > > few local host names for a local network. You only need nsd if you want > > to provide an authoritive DNS server. IMO that is a decently small use > > case that it doesn't justify the incluse into the base system. > > I am strongly opposed to removing basic server functionality present > in BSD Unix for over 30 years -- and still in widespread use -- from NetBSD. > I don't mind replacing BIND but all its functionality should be replacd.
I find it quite dishonest to call authoritive DNS a basic server functionality. Joerg
