Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} web/mail server as nameserver

[Crayon Shin Chan <crayon.shin.chan.uk@gmail.com>]

On Friday 11 May 2007 18:48, jarry@gmx.net wrote:

> Poor security of bind is imho similar superstition as it is
> for sendmail: once in the past this software had some problem,
> so now a lot of people think they should forever avoid using it...

If the OP doesn't need any bind-specific feature then why not use djbdns 
which has a better security track record. djb software are built from the 
ground up to be secure (as is possible), he also splits the "program" 
into smaller executables, each having a specific job thus making each of 
them secure a simpler task. Whilst bind and sendmail have made 
substantial efforts to be more secure, they are still built on legacy and 
bloated monolithic code.

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