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BIND Is Most Popular DNS Server

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who'd-a-thunk-it? dept.

bleachboy writes "Last week I completed a new DNS server survey, since D. J. Bernstein's hasn't been updated for years. Not surprisingly, BIND wins. Why is it so hard for alternate DNS servers to gain favor, especially when BIND can be so frustrating sometimes? And yes, I'm shilling."

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  1. DJB is lazy by fimbulvetr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    DJB is lazy. The fact that you need environment variables to run the dns server.

    WTF? Environment Variables? Is he smoking crack?
    Ever heard of a conf file?

    And what about the fact that I need to add a new folder to / to run any of his software? Ever heard of /usr/local? perhaps /usr? Maybe even /opt? But his own special partition? Are you nuts?

    This doesn't count the fact of people finding *LEGIT* security flaws in his other software *ahem qmail*, and he refuses to admit it. Even M$ admits to most security flaws brought to their attention.

  2. Re:WARNING! Parent is pedantic asshat! by kfg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My, we're a spunky little bag of pubescent testosterone today. . .

    . . .and then talked about neatness, which your post mentioned as well.

    . . .who needs to work on his reading compreshension.

    KFG