Re: Way forward with BIND 8

From: Valentin Nechayev (netch_at_lucky.net)
Date: 06/07/03

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To: Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org>

     Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 03:01:02, DougB wrote about "Re: Way forward with BIND 8":

    > >> FYI, for those wondering why I'm not considering BIND 9 for import, please
    > >> see http://people.freebsd.org/~dougb/whybind8.html

    Among other things: standard resolver is waaay(tm) old. Even keeping with BIND8,
    it is old. At least, it isn't thread-safe; this is too ugly for 5.*.
    Unlike IRS code (gethostby*()), its upgrading to thread safe version is
    conceptually easy. I've created and successfully tested patch to upgrade it
    to 8.3.4 version, losing only res_*update() and RES_INSECURE*; it was
    very simple, and a person more informed in its specifics including KAME
    hacks can do it better.
    (ftp://segfault.kiev.ua/pub/freebsd/newresolv for someone wanting to see it.
    I should repeast that this attempt may be too lame and forgetting some
    principal moments, but it was successfully tested on real load for a long
    time.)

    -netch-
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