On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 09:45:09PM -0500, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On 10/16/12, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: > >> First off, I'm using djbdns internally and it doesn't support AAAA > >> records. So we really aren't using it internally. > > if the clutch in my car is broken, should i stop using vehicles? > > dump djbdns or get some diehard to tell you how to fix it. > > Ah, but the clutch is not actually broken; it works perfectly, and > it is a very robust clutch, not likely to break, it's just that the > car was designed, so you need a wrench with you while at all times > while driving, to actuate the clutch, and you need a screwdriver > onhand as well to adjust gears. They have a raw record format, > that allows you to enter a raw record into your tinydns data file, > containing anything, including AAAA data. > > However, djbdns also lacks support for DNSSEC validation. the stock > package 1.05, when installed on a 64-bit OS, contained an unpatched > security vulnerability. >
If Joseph really likes to use the TinyDNS database so much there is an experimental PowerDNS backend of supposedly there is even an even more DNSSEC-patch somewhere. I can't find the patch right now, but it was mentioned in a presentation by the head developer at ICANN44: http://prague44.icann.org/node/31749 Here it the audio recording: http://audio.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/dnssec-workshop-27jun12-en.mp3 (135 MB) His presentation starts at: 3:32:18 He mentions it at: 3:46:53 And the PDF of his presentation is here: http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-dnssec-power-dns-27jun12-en.pdf I don't expect anyone is using patch in production right now. > The car was also designed with no electric ignition switch, and no > headlights. You want to start your car, you need a manual crank. > It's "good enough"; but probably the time comes soon to retire it. > > Electronic ignitions and headlights became the 'standard' a long time > ago, but the car design was never improved to include the features > (not necessarily an easy feat) -- meanwhile, the person in > charge of maintaining the design; spent many hours writing essays > about the problem of light pollution caused by headlights, > insisting that road lights instead would be better, and calling up > issues about the extra weight and space required for batteries, > danger of batteries leaking, or failing, leaving motorists > stranded, etc, > thus spending time not updating the design to incorporate beneficial, > new standards. > > > > randy > -- > -JH > Have a nice day, Leen.
