to somthing called DNS poison [google.com]. Why? Because system administrators are anal and fail to realize that software like BIND is not written to be secure. Hell, DNS was not even designed for such a large internet. The original DNS implementors were bad programmers and designers.
BIND9... don't get your hopes up. The BIND company sells paches for their software. Meaning that if you don't pay them money then you're going to be running an errornouse DNS server.
Still most people use BIND for two reasons: no one wants
>Until a true open source alternative to BIND appears, we're stuck with it.
By "true alternative" do you mean it has to be GPLable?
Get real. djbdns' source is 100% available for you to look at and patch to your hearts content. If you find an error, send a fix to DJB and he'll add it after review. He'll even give you $500 [cr.yp.to] as a reward for your hard work. Find me a GPL program that makes a
That's what people call "shared source". Open Source requires that you can distribute modifications of the source. Bernstein doesn't allow that, so consequentially djbdns is not Open Source. This may or may not make it less valuable to you, but don't lie about the facts to lure others into misevaluating the situation.
Thanks for posting that so I wouldn't have to:) It's sad to see that many people seem to think availability of source code equals Open Source, when the term is clearly defined by the Open Source Initiative. If we tolerate this, Microsoft will have an easy going convincing people that Open Source doesn't matter since they have "Shared Source" already. You have the source, right?
It's sad to see that many people seem to think availability of source code equals Open Source
That's because "open source" was part of the language before the OSI invented a Free Software-ish definition for it. The word "open" has a long history in the industry, but had never implied the right to modify.
Open Source is not a trademark, even though it gets used like one.
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90% of the internet is valnerable ... (Score:4, Interesting)
BIND9... don't get your hopes up. The BIND company sells paches for their software. Meaning that if you don't pay them money then you're going to be running an errornouse DNS server.
Still most people use BIND for two reasons: no one wants
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Incorrect, it is open source.
It isn't GPL.
There's a big difference.
>Until a true open source alternative to BIND appears, we're stuck with it.
By "true alternative" do you mean it has to be GPLable?
Get real. djbdns' source is 100% available for you to look at and patch to your hearts content. If you find an error, send a fix to DJB and he'll add it after review. He'll even give you $500 [cr.yp.to] as a reward for your hard work. Find me a GPL program that makes a
Re:90% of the internet is valnerable ... (Score:2, Informative)
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That's because "open source" was part of the language before the OSI invented a Free Software-ish definition for it. The word "open" has a long history in the industry, but had never implied the right to modify.
Open Source is not a trademark, even though it gets used like one.