On Mar 12 2008, I wrote on the bind-users mailing list: >It's been drawn to our attention that there are still many references >around the web to [an obsolete URL that no longer works]. > >Makezones is a Perl program written by Philip Hazel (best known, >perhaps, as the author of Exim) in 1993, that generates mutually >consistent forward and reverse zone files from a common source. >At one time it was included as a contributed program in the BIND >distribution. It even gets a mention in RFC 2072 ... > >Philip retired last year, and tells me he no longer has any interest >its future (if any). For the purposes of maintaining the main DNS >zones in Cambridge, makezones developed weird and wonderful local >mods and is now used only in a vestigial way. The last "public" >version was 0.33 (October 2000, and yes, this does include the Y2K >fixes to the serial number maintenance!) and this what was available >at the above URL until recently. > >If anyone is still seriously interested in it, we don't want to deny >them access to it. On the other hand, there is no serious chance of >anyone here enhancing it, fixing bugs, or offering advice on it. We >have thought of making it available marked as "historical, frozen, >unsupported software", but I thought I would test the temperature >here first.
There seemed to be enough interest to continue making it available, but no-one else has volunteered it a place on their servers, so I have made it available at ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/utilities/makezones-0.33 where it may continue to exist for a few more years, at least. -- Chris Thompson Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
