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Correct, I know of no DNS servers, even djbdns DNS', which restrict queries to a limited IP range as is common with SMTP. There's not really a large risk in opening up your DNS to everyone, in fact, you there are plenty of alternate DNS root servers.

Assuming upgrading those PCs to Linux isn't an option, I would recommend foregoing trying to do development via term progs.

Unless you have become comfortable with screen, or don't mind the slow updates of multi-window Emacs in an overexpanded terminal window -- or whatever you're using -- development via 24x80 windows, all requring new logins each time you want another window, is a miserable existence for the progger.

My advice is to invest in a site license for a PC X server. Xwin-32 is fine; Exceed is nicer, and comes with an interesting embedded mode where your X client windows mix in with your Win32 apps' windows, instead of an X root window plunked over your desktop.

You can also get buy with MI/X, which used to be free, but this still requires an ssh-able terminal prog (or something that will tunnel your X session) to be acceptably secure. If you're worried about that. It's also only X11R5, which is only usually an issue for really graphics-intensive X apps, IME.

Another option for you may be to look into Samba; sharing your src directories and accessing them via Windows, and then using Win32 editing software to do your coding. You still need a term prog to do compiling, etc; but the quality of your term prog isn't as important if all you're gonna do is type "make". Unless you're writing ncurses stuff and need to test it, I guess.

Seriously -- if there is some compelling reason not to move whole-hog over to Linux, then look into getting a PC X server for your workstations.

(PS: as for term progs, I hear good things about SecureCRT. Personally I still use Cedomir Igaly's SSH client, but I'm a freak.)
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Assuming upgrading those PCs to Linux isn't an option, I would recommend foregoing trying to do development via term progs.

Unless you have become comfortable with screen, or don't mind the slow updates of multi-window Emacs in an overexpanded terminal window -- or whatever you're using -- development via 24x80 windows, all requring new logins each time you want another window, is a miserable existence for the progger.

My advice is to invest in a site license for a PC X server. Xwin-32 is fine; Exceed is nicer, and comes with an interesting embedded mode where your X client windows mix in with your Win32 apps' windows, instead of an X root window plunked over your desktop.

You can also get buy with MI/X, which used to be free, but this still requires an ssh-able terminal prog (or something that will tunnel your X session) to be acceptably secure. If you're worried about that. It's also only X11R5, which is only usually an issue for really graphics-intensive X apps, IME.

Another option for you may be to look into Samba; sharing your src directories and accessing them via Windows, and then using Win32 editing software to do your coding. You still need a term prog to do compiling, etc; but the quality of your term prog isn't as important if all you're gonna do is type "make". Unless you're writing ncurses stuff and need to test it, I guess.

Seriously -- if there is some compelling reason not to move whole-hog over to Linux, then look into getting a PC X server for your workstations.

(PS: as for term progs, I hear good things about SecureCRT. Personally I still use Cedomir Igaly's SSH client, but I'm a freak.)
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.sux is already in practice.

It was originally a joke just as above. It was originally going to be a 'fsck the man' sort of thing where individuals could register for low $$ and corporations would have to pay big $$ for their .sux domain. Then we figured there's already a word for that, extortion, so we dropped the idea. We kept the TLD though, and domains can be registered here

It's still mostly a joke

The registration page

This alternate TLD stuff has been around for a long time

I came up with this years ago, and it's up and running (though not on many ISPs)...

Here's the info