I think we're all together on this. Thanks guys for explaining some of
the details and clearing the confusion! Hopefully users will find this
is in the archives and get a better idea of the "rocket" we "scientists"
are working on!
--Bruce
"Karl J. Runge" wrote:
>
> On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Bruce Dawson wrote:
> > > One of the great mysteries of the DNS world is: Why do they still refer
> > > to 'bind' as 'named' - or vice versa?
> >
> > FWIW, I've heard the (possibly bogus) explanation that "BIND" is the whole
> > package, including other utilities, while "named" is the specific program that
> > answers DNS queries on port 53.
>
> Not bogus IMHO. Don't forget the client side, i.e. the resolver libraries the
> client apps (i.e. *all* network apps, from nc & telnet to netscape) use
> do name resolution, etc.
>
> This is related to /etc/resolv.conf, libresolv.so, and
> /usr/include/resolv.h and historically the BIND package provided an
> implementation (currently seems to be moved or reimplemented in
> glibc).
>
> Since these library services have NOTHING to do with running named on
> the machine in question (e.g. a client box), you gotta call it
> something.... I usually try to call it "the resolver library", though
> it is easier (and unfortunally too vague) to say "bind library" or
> "bind".
>
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