Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-19 Thread Tom Massey
* Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-19 15:51]: > Uh, no. There's nothing "proprietary" about it. Have you read > http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html ? DJB's position seems to be that > software licenses are unenforceable, so he chooses to not have one. > Instead, he places restrictions o

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:24:22PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 03:11:23PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 01:38:13PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > > > > > At 2002-11-18T18:12:13Z, "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > ...if secu

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 03:11:23PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 01:38:13PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > > > At 2002-11-18T18:12:13Z, "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > ...if security is *the* major concern in a DNS installation it's probably > > >

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread John
Haim Ashkenazi wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 18:14, Tim Dijkstra wrote: Hi, Is there any reason to stick with bind8 other then convenience? I'm asking this because bind9 seems pretty mature, but the default bind is still bind8 I think... bind 9 works for me great for over a year. it serve

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Nathan E Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:28:13PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > > > At 2002-11-18T21:11:23Z, Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Uh, of course tinydns (sic; it's really djbdns) is open source. Perhaps > > > you meant to say _DF

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:28:13PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-11-18T21:11:23Z, Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Uh, of course tinydns (sic; it's really djbdns) is open source. Perhaps > > you meant to say _DFSG Free_ ? > > No more than Microsoft's "shared source" i

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-18T21:11:23Z, Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Uh, of course tinydns (sic; it's really djbdns) is open source. Perhaps > you meant to say _DFSG Free_ ? No more than Microsoft's "shared source" is open source. I can't redistribute either of them, regardless of what bugs

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:28:13PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Uh, of course tinydns (sic; it's really djbdns) is open source. > > Perhaps you meant to say _DFSG Free_ ? > > They originally meant the same thing: > > http://www.opensource.org/docs

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Alan Shutko
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Uh, of course tinydns (sic; it's really djbdns) is open source. > Perhaps you meant to say _DFSG Free_ ? They originally meant the same thing: http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php What do you think open source means now? Why do you think t

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Kirk Strauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 2002-11-18T18:12:13Z, "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ...if security is *the* major concern in a DNS installation it's probably > > a good idea to stay away from BIND altogether. > > I'd disagree for one main reason: BIND is Open

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 18/11/02 Tim Dijkstra did speaketh: > > What is "convenient" about bind8? That is a serious question and not > > meant to be snide. Please educate me. > I meant that it's convenient to stay with what you have, which is bind8 > in my case. Does anybody use djbdns over bind? Mike --

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 01:38:13PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-11-18T18:12:13Z, "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ...if security is *the* major concern in a DNS installation it's probably > > a good idea to stay away from BIND altogether. > > I'd disagree for one main

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread nate
Tim Dijkstra said: > Hi, > > Is there any reason to stick with bind8 other then convenience? I'm asking > this because bind9 seems pretty mature, but the default bind is still > bind8 I think... > probably not. I have read that for big nameservers bind9 is slower(servers hosting thousands of zones

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2002-11-18T18:12:13Z, "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ...if security is *the* major concern in a DNS installation it's probably > a good idea to stay away from BIND altogether. I'd disagree for one main reason: BIND is Open Source, and tinydns is not. More security compromises h

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Tim Dijkstra
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:39:47 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-18 17:14:38 +0100]: > > > > Is there any reason to stick with bind8 other then convenience? I'm > > asking this because bind9 seems pretty mature, but the default bind > > is still

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 19:39, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-18 17:14:38 +0100]: > > > > Is there any reason to stick with bind8 other then convenience? I'm > > asking this because bind9 seems pretty mature, but the default bind is > > still bind8 I think... > > What

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Gary Hennigan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-18 17:14:38 +0100]: > > > > Is there any reason to stick with bind8 other then convenience? I'm > > asking this because bind9 seems pretty mature, but the default bind is > > still bind8 I think... > > What is "convenient" abou

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Tim Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-18 17:14:38 +0100]: > > Is there any reason to stick with bind8 other then convenience? I'm > asking this because bind9 seems pretty mature, but the default bind is > still bind8 I think... What is "convenient" about bind8? That is a serious question and

Re: bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 18:14, Tim Dijkstra wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any reason to stick with bind8 other then convenience? I'm > asking this because bind9 seems pretty mature, but the default bind is > still bind8 I think... bind 9 works for me great for over a year. it serves about 20 domains and

bind8 vs bind9

2002-11-18 Thread Tim Dijkstra
Hi, Is there any reason to stick with bind8 other then convenience? I'm asking this because bind9 seems pretty mature, but the default bind is still bind8 I think... grts Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]