>> 2. for bill: >> I dont think there is BIND conde involved in the resolver
OK, BIND has nothing to do with the resolver :-) > > Well, we can both think about it, or you could check. > >> 3. for peter: >> I always go with the CUSTOM install > > I think he's talking about FreeBSD 5, which I know for a fact no longer > includes perl, and may have other things (like sendmail) removed as > well. > > You know, you could start this agument with just about any component > other than the kernel ... "Why is traceroute installed by default, I > don't always want to do packet sniffing?" ... "Why is ping installed by > default?" Many Linux distros don't have these tools. > > The answer is: "Because that's how FreeBSD is distributed" Some of > these questions have already been raised and the default changed > (perl for example). The sendmail issue has been asked before as > well. The reasons are primarily historical, and there are ways to > disable/replace/remove those tools. > > Does that answer your question? > and ummmmm sort of... , but I mean! we all know that BIND and sendmail are buggy and come with a full set of security flows. Also if "historical" things have been changed why not this?? sounds like a decent idea no? my programmaing skills are very basic but I'll check that out Thanks for at least showin interest Jorge To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
