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Bug#482277: ITP: unbound -- validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver



hi,

Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 02:58:04PM +0000, Robert Edmonds wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Owner: "Robert S. Edmonds" <edmonds@debian.org>
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > * Package name    : unbound
> >   Version         : 1.0.0
> >   Upstream Author : NLnet Labs
> > * URL             : http://libev.schmorp.de/

whoops, looks like I fat fingered the URL when copying from a previous
ITP.  that should be http://unbound.net/ of course.

> > * License         : BSD
> >   Programming Lang: C
> >   Description     : validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver
> > 
> >  Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. 
> >  .
> >  The C implementation of Unbound is developed and maintained by NLnet
> >  Labs. It is based on ideas and algorithms taken from a java prototype
> >  developed by Verisign labs, Nominet, Kirei and ep.net. 
> >  .
> >  Unbound is designed as a set of modular components, so that also DNSSEC
> >  (secure DNS) validation and stub-resolvers (that do not run as a
> >  server, but are linked into an application) are easily possible.
> 
>   Err I missed that and I happened to just file the same ITP. I'm
> already packaging nsd3 from the same authors FWIW, and am really
> interested into {co-,}maintaining unbound.

well, I've written a bit of research-quality DNS code (including some
that uses ldns, very nice library) and run a few production recursive /
authoritative DNS servers; I don't think a package team is necessary for
unbound.

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds@debian.org

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