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Re: Ten least secure programs

From: Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq(at)planetcobalt.net>
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 03:24:31 EDT

On 2003-06-30 Chris Berry wrote:

>> From: Mitch Pirtle <mitchell.pirtle@verizon.net>
>> 7) BIND

>
> I thought about listing that one, but there aren't really any
> alternatives are there? No point in complaining if you can't switch
> to something else.

djbdns [1] exists, though I don't know how well it works on larger scale and under heavy load.

<opinion>
It's somewhat peculiar, since Dan Bernstein seems to have some strange opinion on where files should be placed in the directory tree and how config should look like, so I prefer to continue using BIND and continue patching.
</opinion>

[1] http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers



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