Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:09:44 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Jorge Mario G." <list@linopryne.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why BIND and sendmail installed by default? Message-ID: <3E6F5BC8.1020308@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <1598.192.168.0.4.1047484743.squirrel@mail.linopryne.com> References: <1598.192.168.0.4.1047484743.squirrel@mail.linopryne.com>
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Jorge Mario G. wrote: > Hi there > I've seen that BIND and sendmail (till 4.7-RELEASE havent tested 5.0 yet) > are installed by default my question is simple... WHY? Partly for historical reasons. Also, sendmail and BIND do more than just mail|DNS server. Sendmail is used by most local mailers for sending mail, even if it's not configured as a "server". Unlike bloatware such as Outlook that includes it's own SMTP code. I belive (but I could be wrong here) that BIND code is implemented in the resolver, thus it is required for _any_ DNS lookups to succeed. Also, running a caching DNS server is a good idea for anyone (even a workstation) as it speeds Internet access up in most cases. Most of the speed issues I have with Adelphia is how long it takes to resolve DNS to IPs. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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