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Open Source BIND Alternative Launches

Posted by kdawson on from the ties-that-bind dept.

bednarz writes "A group of experts on Tuesday released an open source alternative to the BIND DNS server. The new software — dubbed Unbound 1.0 — is a recursive DNS server. From its first prototype in 2004, Unbound was designed to be a faster, more secure replacement for BIND. Unbound supports DNS security extensions (DNSSEC), which authenticate DNS lookups but are not yet widely deployed because they rely on a public key infrastructure. Unbound was released to open source developers by NLnet Labs, VeriSign, Nominet and Kirei."

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  1. Re:IE6 by siride · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I mostly agree, but it happens that their HTML doesn't validate. Also, their CSS is a little weird for the three column layout. They have a float: right for the rightmost column (the one that overlaps on this guys site), but position: absolute as well. I don't know what that's supposed to mean, but it can't be good.

  2. Re:IE6 by shentino · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Rendering "correctly" on IE is a BAD sign, not a good one.

    Have you forgotten the big fiasco about IE deliberately NOT honoring standards?

    IE is, in short, a proprietary piece of shit that makes up its own rules, and I've heard many cases where web pages must be deliberately broken just so they can be spoonfed to IE.