On 7 May 99, at 12:23, Joe Matuscak wrote:
> On Fri, 7 May 1999, Bill Stackpole wrote:
>
> > One thing is for sure, Microsoft is no innovator. Their DNS is a copy of
> > BIND with a graphic front end and a few registry enties.
>
> OK, no argument with the basic premise. *But*, if MS DNS uses Bind source
> code why does it work so poorly? My assumption is that they sort of
> looked at Bind, skimmed the rfcs and then rolled their own.
The way I hear it, the major differences between MS-DNS and BIND are:
1. MS hacked in support for WINS/DHCP.
2. MS broke other functionality in the process, in ways that have never been
spelled out in my hearing.
If they didn't start from a version of BIND, then that puts a different
spin on #2. If it is true that bugs from old BIND versions are present in MS-
DNS, then it is probable that they started from a BIND source.
David G
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