[79537] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: djbdns: An alternative to BIND
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Sun Apr 10 01:38:53 2005
To: marquis@roble.com
Cc: nanog@trapdoor.merit.edu
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:32:12 -0700 (PDT)"
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 07:34:18 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> You need only count the lines of code needed by the daemon/s
> servicing requests. That is, IMO, bind's only major failing. Too
> much code, too many little used features (nobody I know needs or
> wants rndc), and no way to compile without them. If you read Bruce
> Schneier, as every developer should, you know how important that
> "Amount of code" is.
Ah, but how do you know what are the little used features? We use rndc
a lot, just as we used ndc with BIND 8.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
