Crayon Shin Chan wrote: > On Friday 11 May 2007 18:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> Poor security of bind is imho similar superstition as it is >> for sendmail: once in the past this software had some problem, >> so now a lot of people think they should forever avoid using it... >> > > If the OP doesn't need any bind-specific feature then why not use djbdns > which has a better security track record. djb software are built from the > ground up to be secure (as is possible), he also splits the "program" > into smaller executables, each having a specific job thus making each of > them secure a simpler task. Whilst bind and sendmail have made > substantial efforts to be more secure, they are still built on legacy and > bloated monolithic code. > > Just to fill in the picture a bit, the djb* software also has a long "flip-the-bird-at-any-rfc-you-don't-like" track-record.
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