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RE: DNS servers



apt-cache search djbdns
djbdns-installer - Source only package for building djbdns

is that what you're looking for?  Was quite easy to install (like the
equiv qmail deb package).


Todd

On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 13:48, Matt Andreko wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance, but why is tinydns/qmail/etc under a restrictive
> license?  I've been very interested in running tinydns (I run bind now
> because there are debian packages) but I run the debianized(src package)
> qmail because I think it's the best server out there for my purpose.  I
> really don't like bind's configuration, and lack of security, so I've
> been looking at switching to tinydns for some time, however having to
> compile by source on debian has given me problems before, so I was
> hoping for a debianized package, even if it's another src package.
> 
> Is it just so that no trojans can be popped into the source as we've
> been seeing much of recently, and DJB getting falsely blamed?  Or is it
> another reason?
> 
> --
> Matt Andreko
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff S Wheeler [mailto:jsw@five-elements.com] 
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:47 AM
> To: D. J. Bernstein
> Cc: debian-isp@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: DNS servers
> 
> The draconian license you use to distribute tinydns and other software
> is problematic for me.  I can accept different zone file syntax with
> ease, and can even adapt myself to the notion that the filesytem is used
> as a configuration database.  I can also understand that your resistance
> to a license that would allow binary distribution, or distribution of
> patched sources, is well-intentioned, but I cannot agree with it.
> 
> --
> Jeff S Wheeler <jsw@five-elements.com>
> 
> 
> 
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