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Re: bind8 vs bind9



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" <glhenni@sandia.gov> 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.
> 
> Uh, of course tinydns (sic; it's really djbdns) is open source.
> Perhaps you meant to say _DFSG Free_ ?

Uh, no. Open Source is pretty much equivalent to DFSG-free (APSL aside).
DJB's software is not Free as in speech.  It's proprietary with source
available.

-rob

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