On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 01:38:13PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-11-18T18:12:13Z, "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ...if security is *the* major concern in a DNS installation it's probably > > a good idea to stay away from BIND altogether. > > I'd disagree for one main reason: BIND is Open Source, and tinydns is not.
Uh, of course tinydns (sic; it's really djbdns) is open source. Perhaps you meant to say _DFSG Free_ ? > More security compromises have been found in the former, but it has perhaps > 100 times the number of users testing it and programmers examining it. > Frankly, as a programmer, I would not waste my time auditing tinydns when I > could make a bigger contribution to BIND. Good for you. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement. -- Unattributed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
