DNS software & DJ Bernstein Re: Starting a GPL'ed Blackhole Service to Replace MAPS
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> > Yes I did. I usually consider the options for a DNS server to be:
> >
> > Windows (bletch)
>
> Oh, I assumed we were talking Free Software :)
Oh we are. I was trying to demonstrate the availabilty of non-BIND DNS
software. Like I said: outside of BIND & djbdns there isn't much that's
not crappy, proprietary, or both.
[...]
> > dents?
>
> Yes, that was it ... I've heard rumors that it's dead, so I assume
> it's dead.
Well, with no new releases in two years & no mailing list activity in 18
months...
[...]
> > They work for me. Did you turn on JavaScript in Konqueror?
>
> No ... new to Konqueror. Thanks :)
No prob :)
[...]
> Agreed (though I think some of what Bernstein says is twisted and
> presented by his foes out of context). However, there's no denying
> that he's tough to deal with.
>
> I'll post the URL if you want to investigate for yourself.
Please do - it's hard to find anything on his website.
> He doesn't place any restrictions on use or modifying the code. He
> does place a restriction on redistributing modified code, which I find
> odd given his rant about software licenses :)
Yes, that's what gets most people. Should DJ Bernstein abandon djbdns
like he did with qmail the djbdns users in the world would be in a world
of hurt, trying to get (potentially) incompatible patches sorted out. Oh,
no, wait, they already do... (I just found djbdns.org)
> To be frank, I think the real reasons djb software is not included in
> Debian and other distributions is because
>
> 1) people don't like him, and
>
> 2) FHS/FSSTND arguments. (For more FHS arguments. check out the
> debian-devel archives over the past few weeks :)
I think this one extends into the source modification - for some reason DJ
Berstein likes to put his "config files" (that's a very loose description)
in weird places like under /var; symlinks can't take care of all of them,
so the source has to be modified.
> > Yay! We agree on something! :)
>
> Possibly even more than one thing :)
:)
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