Re: BIND 9 windows XP builds

[Evan Hunt]

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 09:08:28PM -0400, Paul Kosinski wrote:
> I can see somebody running XP for some "legacy" software that doesn't
> run nicely on newer versions of Windows, but I would think it extremely
> risky to have such a machine connected to the Internet.

Yes, it seems like an extremely bad idea.

But, I wanted to find out whether there's a reason for so many people to
still be doing this -- even if it wasn't a very good reason -- before I cut
them off.

So far, the only answers I've gotten were from a couple of people who are
in the habit of downloading all the files for each release, but don't
actually use the XP builds. If that turns out to be the only explanation
I hear, then we'll drop XP support after the upcoming releases are final.

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Re: BIND 9 windows XP builds

[Paul Kosinski]

I can see somebody running XP for some "legacy" software that doesn't
run nicely on newer versions of Windows, but I would think it extremely
risky to have such a machine connected to the Internet.

Maybe whoever runs BIND on XP should consider converting that machine to
Linux, and running BIND on Linux?


On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:30:43 +
Evan Hunt  wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> For some time ISC has been providing three Windows builds for each
> release of BIND 9: x64, win32, and windows XP.
> 
> Windows XP is well past its end of life and is no longer receiving
> security updates.  I'd like to stop supporting it after the upcoming
> maintenance release, but it's been pointed out to me that a
> significant number of people -- many thousands -- are downloading the
> XP version every time we put out a new release.
> 
> This information surprised me. If you're one of those people, would
> you mind responding, either on or off the list, to discuss it?  Why
> are you using XP to run a name server?  Is it possible you're still
> using the XP build out of inertia, but your OS would work equally
> well with the win32 build?  If you're really still running XP, do you
> have a plan for transitioning to something newer?
> 
> We want to support the needs of our users, but to do that we have to
> understand those needs, so please let us know what yours are.  Thanks,
> 
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BIND 9 windows XP builds

[Evan Hunt]

Greetings,

For some time ISC has been providing three Windows builds for each release
of BIND 9: x64, win32, and windows XP.

Windows XP is well past its end of life and is no longer receiving security
updates.  I'd like to stop supporting it after the upcoming maintenance
release, but it's been pointed out to me that a significant number of
people -- many thousands -- are downloading the XP version every time we
put out a new release.

This information surprised me. If you're one of those people, would you
mind responding, either on or off the list, to discuss it?  Why are you
using XP to run a name server?  Is it possible you're still using the XP
build out of inertia, but your OS would work equally well with the
win32 build?  If you're really still running XP, do you have a plan for
transitioning to something newer?

We want to support the needs of our users, but to do that we have to
understand those needs, so please let us know what yours are.  Thanks,

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Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
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