Re: [OT] Linux Worm (fwd)

Edward S. Marshall (esm@logic.net)
Fri, 23 Mar 2001 18:39:41 -0600


On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 02:39:07PM -0500, Michael Bacarella wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 01:51:11PM -0500, Doug McNaught wrote:
> > Is there an alternative to BIND that's free software? Never seen
> > one.
>
> Have a look at djbdns.

I use djbdns myself and am very happy with it, but the original poster was
asking for free software. djbdns doesn't even meet the DFSG/OSD, let alone
the FSF definition of "free software". Please refer to the archives of the
dns@lists.cr.yp.to mailing list if you're interested in seeing all the old
arguments.

If you're looking for a GPL'd DNS server, there's Mindspring's DENTS
project, although it hasn't seen much development lately:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dents/

That being said, none of this is on-topic for linux-kernel.

-esm (picking nits for fun and profit)

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Edward S. Marshall <esm@logic.net>                http://www.nyx.net/~emarshal/
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