Re: OT: Re: WANAL (Re: What could have been done differently?)

[Scott Francis <darkuncle () darkuncle net>]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 08:53:59PM +0200, rafi-nanog () meron openu ac il said:
[snip]
> Hi Paul,
>
>  What do you think of OpenBSD still installing BIND4 as part of the
> default base system and  recommended as secure by the OpenBSD FAQ ?
> (See Section 6.8.3 in <http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#DNS> )

OpenBSD ships a highly-audited, chrooted version of BIND4 that bears little
resemblance to the original code (I'm sure Paul can correct me here if I'm
off-base). The reasons for the team's decision are well-documented on various
lists and FAQs. Given the choices at hand (use the exhaustively audited,
chrooted BIND4 already in production; go with a newer BIND version that
hasn't been through the wringer yet; write their own dns daemon; use tinydns
(licensing issues); use some other less well-known dns software), I think
they made the right one. I'm sure they'll move to a newer version when
somebody on the team gets a chance to give it a thorough code audit, and run
it through sufficient testing prior to release.
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