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From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
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Subject: Re: BIND is Crying Out for Ada95
Date: 9 Feb 2001 10:43:12 GMT
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* 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.