From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
Subject: Re: BIND is Crying Out for Ada95
Date: 9 Feb 2001 10:43:12 GMT
Date: 2001-02-09T10:43:12+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrn987i8p.jp.lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 960cia$f54@news.kvaerner.com
* Tarjei T. Jensen wrote:
>For an alternative aproach to a DNS server you could try
>http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html. DJB is not known for his modesty or diplomatic
>language, but he is not exactly stupid. His other software is at
>http://cr.yp.to/software.html.
Please to not overestimate djb's views. They are interesting but often not
applicable. For a detailed discussion: Please read the (German language)
thread in de.comp.security.firewall.
Shure, Ada95 might help to prevent buffer overflows, but even Ada95 can not
create correct code from an incorrect source.
The main problem with DNS is the protocol. And the main problem with UNIX
daemons is the braindead API of syscalls and libraries.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-09 10:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-08 17:33 BIND is Crying Out for Ada95 Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-02-08 20:35 ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-08 20:50 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-02-08 21:28 ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-09 9:16 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-02-09 10:43 ` Lutz Donnerhacke [this message]
2001-02-09 11:47 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-02-09 13:47 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-02-09 16:04 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
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