On Tue, 24 May 2005 22:13:34 +0200, Anders Jvnsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello folks. >I recently bought a very good book: Mastering FreeBSD and OpenBSD security >They have a chapter dealing with DNS servers and there they mention >djbdns, they think it has some strong point s so I am somewhat curios >about if anybody out there has any viewpoint about using this instead of >BIND, especially since the last version djbdns I found was from 2001??! >I can't believe that it is so good that it is no need to patch it now >and then? Your innocent, newbie question has proven itself in the past to be an invitation for a flame war on this list. Check the archives if you're curious. You're on thin ice and you'll probably get a lot of mail off list since no one wants a repeat performance. If a well written complete *_Operating_System_* like OpenBSD can go the 8 years since 1997 with only one remote hole, a well written single application like djbdns going the 4 years since 2001 without issue should not be difficult for you to imagine. Let me guess, -you're used to running gnu/linux or microsoft products? The easiest way to sum up previous discussions of the topic is simple: Many people swear by djbdns because it is well written code but on the other hand, many people swear at djbdns because of it's poorly written license. Both djbdns and the BIND implementation that comes with OpenBSD are very good ways to do what you want. Take your pick. If you want the pros and cons of each, search the archives. Asking (again) on the list for the viewpoints of users on which is "better" is really just asking for trouble. The advice above was given to me off list in 2001 by Chuck Yerkes when I asked basically the same question that you did. ;-) JCR
