I got started working with and talking about tech, Linux and other things with some local friends. But this is where we all really started. It's been so long since what turned out to be a loose cable led to one of the first Ask Slashdot posts:
So, three years ago, when BIND 9.1.0 came out, everyone immediately upgraded? See the recent article about Windows 98 support ending. We still use 98 on half of our student machines.:P
This change should never have been necessary in the first place. djbdns has supported unknown types since its inception.
i work for an ISP owned by a 2-way radio company. they use Western Multiplex 2.4GHz and 6GHz equipment for wireless T1 (for data and voice channels). the WM stuff does require a license since it's direct sequence, but the 2-way place can probably help you out with that somehow. as an example, we do a T1 run using the 6GHz equipment from our main ISP office to the main 2-way office that spans about 60 miles via a hop on a mountain in the middle.
No, Slackware was supported under BSDi the same way they (and FreeBSD) were under Walnut Creek. It seems Wind River was interested only in BSD related things, so Slackware stays with iXsystems/BSDi.
But, unfortunately, you WILL have to worry about how secure BIND 9.1.0 *really* is. It's still an ungodly amount of code; djbdns is about 18,000 lines. You laugh at people that say "this new version of RedHat will be much more secure--it HAS to be!", don't you?
This is just a common fallacy. Look at qmail. Its security guarantee has been around coming up on 5 years now and has gone unchallenged. Sendmail has about 47% of the market share, with qmail around 11%...qmail may very well deliver more Internet mail messages than sendmail (sendmail has such a large share because it's the default install on most OS's). Who would you rather trust? The BIND company who can't seem to get things right, or an author who obviously knows what's up based on his other software (not to imply that djbdns cannot stand on its own--it's been around for about a year now)?
It seems like his server doesn't even support TCP queries! Simply throwing up your hands and saying you should never get a response larger than 512 bytes is a stupid cop-out.
And simply making assumptions without reading any documentation isn't a "stupid cop-out"? Of course djbdns supports TCP queries. dnscache (the caching resolver) listens on UDP port 53 and TCP port 53. tinydns, the authoritive nameserver, listens only on port 53, BUT, if you get near the 512 byte limit (which you really shouldn't), you can run axfrdns under tcpserver which will serve queries on TCP port 53.
What happened to Gary North? His site seemed to be pretty popular in the months leading up to Y2K--it even had a good parody at garysouth.com (but it's gone now). Today, his site is still up and predicts doom. After Y2K came and went, I kept waiting for him to take down what he has and put up something saying "I was wrong; I'm a dumbass," but, alas, it hasn't happened yet.
But aren't the Halloween documents proof that they *are* at least somewhat scared or uncertain? From what I read, they looked at OSS, Linux, etc. as something that was up and coming and a real threat.
A co-worker of mine called the company and inquired about the cost. The rep said they were at around $250 US right now, but they were working on a new version with less chipcount that would be cheaper. Also, they've got T-shirts with their cool logo designed (the white parts of the logo glow in the dark), but no pricing is available on those yet.:P
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I got started working with and talking about tech, Linux and other things with some local friends. But this is where we all really started. It's been so long since what turned out to be a loose cable led to one of the first Ask Slashdot posts:
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/98/08/23/1311207/Ask-SlashdotCorrupted-Hard-Drive
Thanks.
was submitting this and getting publically flogged for it! (Since the comments seem to be gone, turns out it was a loose IDE cable. :P)
So, three years ago, when BIND 9.1.0 came out, everyone immediately upgraded? See the recent article about Windows 98 support ending. We still use 98 on half of our student machines. :P
This change should never have been necessary in the first place. djbdns has supported unknown types since its inception.
It won't be "ready to carry arbitrary identifiers" until BIND stops rejecting unknown types. Or until everyone switches to something that works. :-)
djbdns!
Are you saying I'm unstable? :P
See here. kthx.
i work for an ISP owned by a 2-way radio company. they use Western Multiplex 2.4GHz and 6GHz equipment for wireless T1 (for data and voice channels). the WM stuff does require a license since it's direct sequence, but the 2-way place can probably help you out with that somehow. as an example, we do a T1 run using the 6GHz equipment from our main ISP office to the main 2-way office that spans about 60 miles via a hop on a mountain in the middle.
ThinkGeek is still employing annoying "All Your Base" ads on Slashdot.
No, Slackware was supported under BSDi the same way they (and FreeBSD) were under Walnut Creek. It seems Wind River was interested only in BSD related things, so Slackware stays with iXsystems/BSDi.
For anyone interested, it seems Slackware will remain with the old BSDi company (which will become iXsystems).
Excuse me. djbdns is only about 11,720. For the record, BIND 9.1.0 as obtained from ISC has 279,221 lines of code in *.[ch] files.
But, unfortunately, you WILL have to worry about how secure BIND 9.1.0 *really* is. It's still an ungodly amount of code; djbdns is about 18,000 lines. You laugh at people that say "this new version of RedHat will be much more secure--it HAS to be!", don't you?
This is just a common fallacy. Look at qmail. Its security guarantee has been around coming up on 5 years now and has gone unchallenged. Sendmail has about 47% of the market share, with qmail around 11%...qmail may very well deliver more Internet mail messages than sendmail (sendmail has such a large share because it's the default install on most OS's). Who would you rather trust? The BIND company who can't seem to get things right, or an author who obviously knows what's up based on his other software (not to imply that djbdns cannot stand on its own--it's been around for about a year now)?
And simply making assumptions without reading any documentation isn't a "stupid cop-out"? Of course djbdns supports TCP queries. dnscache (the caching resolver) listens on UDP port 53 and TCP port 53. tinydns, the authoritive nameserver, listens only on port 53, BUT, if you get near the 512 byte limit (which you really shouldn't), you can run axfrdns under tcpserver which will serve queries on TCP port 53.
What happened to Gary North? His site seemed to be pretty popular in the months leading up to Y2K--it even had a good parody at garysouth.com (but it's gone now). Today, his site is still up and predicts doom. After Y2K came and went, I kept waiting for him to take down what he has and put up something saying "I was wrong; I'm a dumbass," but, alas, it hasn't happened yet.
And whose fault is it that it's not implemented? clicky.
What good is a standard if no one uses it?
hi. check out /usr/ports/emulators/vmware and vmware2. have fun!
we're dealing with the fox network here. doing anything with class is not an option.
go to google, type "linux vpn" and click the "i'm feeling lucky" button. is it really that hard?
But aren't the Halloween documents proof that they *are* at least somewhat scared or uncertain? From what I read, they looked at OSS, Linux, etc. as something that was up and coming and a real threat.
No definitions found for "intial", perhaps you mean:
web1913: Inial Intail Initial
wn: initial intimal
i owned whatisthelinux.com for 3 months or so until netsol realize i hadn't paid for it. :P
Expect 5.6.00001_0000320026800023 to be out soon.
A co-worker of mine called the company and inquired about the cost. The rep said they were at around $250 US right now, but they were working on a new version with less chipcount that would be cheaper. Also, they've got T-shirts with their cool logo designed (the white parts of the logo glow in the dark), but no pricing is available on those yet. :P