From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ddb34e4ee5e28db0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-16 16:14:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!transit.news.xs4all.nl!195.241.76.212.MISMATCH!tiscali!transit1.news.tiscali.nl!dreader2.news.tiscali.nl!not-for-mail Sender: lbrenta@deuteronomy Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: BIND References: <20040414085518.06CE34C40D0@lovelace.ada-france.org> From: Ludovic Brenta Date: 17 Apr 2004 01:16:48 +0200 Message-ID: <87llkv344f.fsf@insalien.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Tiscali bv NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Apr 2004 01:14:32 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.134.241.245 X-Trace: 1082157272 dreader2.news.tiscali.nl 41750 83.134.241.245:33602 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tiscali.nl Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7230 Date: 2004-04-17T01:14:32+02:00 List-Id: "Andrew Carroll" writes: > > ------------------------------ > > From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" > Subject: Re: No call for Ada > [snip] > > That is why I have said in the past that someone needs to rewrite > > BIND (DNS) in Ada. I would sleep better at night with an Ada version > > of it exposed to the net than the C versions we use. > > I am interested in this. I don't really know if I am qualified, > but am willing to give it my best. The same idea had crossed my mind too, but I'd forgotten. I will help. I can package it for Debian, do bug tracking, documentation, code reviews, automated builds, but no design or coding for lack of time and competence in network programming and security. Andrew, will you take the lead and start a project on SourceForge? Who else will help? -- Ludovic Brenta.