From: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de>
Subject: Re: BIND
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:01:34 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2004-04-18T12:01:34+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnc84rgu.p5t.lutz@belenus.iks-jena.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m1k70emelb.gnus@usa.net
* those who know me have no need of my name wrote:
> in comp.lang.ada i read:
>>The main problem with DNS is, that the specification does not really exists.
>
> surely the rfc's haven't disappeared.
There is a difference between RfC and real world. In the case of DNS the
difference is huge. No only cnsidering security issues.
>>It is mainly specified by the BIND source code.
>
> bind is the canonical reference implementation. it is not intended that it
> be the specification.
Bind DNS handling differs from the spec. Nobody is interested in an
incompatible version. DJB did this mistake and failed miserably.
>>The main part is parsing old BIND configuration files.
>
> this is not terribly difficult -- each style (4.x vs 8/9) is well documented.
Existing documentation does not imply easy to implement.
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[not found] <20040414085518.06CE34C40D0@lovelace.ada-france.org>
2004-04-16 21:34 ` BIND Andrew Carroll
2004-04-16 23:16 ` BIND Ludovic Brenta
2004-04-17 2:19 ` BIND Lutz Donnerhacke
2004-04-17 22:26 ` BIND those who know me have no need of my name
2004-04-18 12:01 ` Lutz Donnerhacke [this message]
2004-04-21 17:00 ` BIND Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
[not found] <20040417013014.C95C44C40C2@lovelace.ada-france.org>
2004-04-17 18:43 ` BIND Andrew Carroll
2004-04-17 19:07 ` BIND Ludovic Brenta
2004-04-18 11:58 ` BIND Lutz Donnerhacke
[not found] <20040417180041.E2BC84C412A@lovelace.ada-france.org>
2004-04-17 20:26 ` BIND Andrew Carroll
2004-04-17 23:40 ` BIND Jeffrey Carter
2004-04-17 23:45 ` BIND Jeffrey Carter
2004-04-21 17:01 ` BIND Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-04-21 20:34 BIND Andrew Carroll
2004-04-23 11:22 ` BIND Craig Carey
2004-04-25 16:03 ` BIND Alexei Polkhanov
2004-04-25 16:38 ` BIND Alexei Polkhanov
2004-04-25 17:59 ` BIND Lutz Donnerhacke
2004-04-25 19:51 ` BIND Ludovic Brenta
2004-04-25 21:43 ` BIND Florian Weimer
2004-04-25 21:38 ` BIND Florian Weimer
2004-04-26 0:34 ` BIND Wes Groleau
2004-04-26 8:31 ` BIND Björn Persson
[not found] <20040425224751.C907A4C4136@lovelace.ada-france.org>
2004-04-26 5:50 ` BIND Andrew Carroll
2004-04-26 16:36 ` BIND chris
2004-04-26 17:14 ` BIND Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-04-26 19:36 ` BIND Lutz Donnerhacke
2004-04-26 22:58 ` BIND Alexei Polkhanov
2004-04-27 7:53 ` BIND Georg Bauhaus
2004-04-27 9:08 ` BIND Lutz Donnerhacke
2004-04-28 2:34 ` BIND David Starner
2004-04-28 4:41 ` BIND Alexei Polkhanov
2004-04-28 11:46 ` BIND Marius Amado Alves
[not found] <20040428100019.6CFF34C4094@lovelace.ada-france.org>
2004-04-28 18:53 ` BIND Andrew Carroll
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