Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:49:34 -0700 From: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> To: jungle Boogie <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD recommends not using base unbound for an authoritative server Message-ID: <CAPi0psurwfKixg3S_pQ7_a9QOCJ2yTBqQncxHB75nzX-%2BnZszw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKE2PDvy7CRW_O_XR9oHtHBe8gO9THVGGz1BdN6dPbZSGk8etA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPi0pssPrcJgF71AvQ-M1RZt=%2Btv=6FTGtwhi9_bX6-Q-7b7cQ@mail.gmail.com> <5508B8EB.3050907@gmail.com> <CAPi0psuy1swnCB%2B5NQbPrAAA=E3E377CcOPvvez%2Be4Ze6zuVZQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAKE2PDvy7CRW_O_XR9oHtHBe8gO9THVGGz1BdN6dPbZSGk8etA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:00 PM, jungle Boogie <jungleboogie0@gmail.com> wrote: > No, I wouldn't say untrustworthy nor am I referring to trust at all. Thank you for the clarification. > If you install unbound from ports/pkg, you'll have unbound (or > anything else) updated more frequently over what's in freeBSD base. > > From here, we can see how frequently is updated: > https://www.freshports.org/dns/unbound/ > > You may not care about frequent updates, so that's something you'll > need to consider. Got it, thank you. In my original post I described my excitement about using the FreeBSD base packages for a number of reasons: - documented in handbook - security problems are described in FreeBSD announcements - easy updates with freebsd-update - infrequent updates >From the responses here, it seems as if those are valid reasons to prefer using the FreeBSD base packages. I'm still left wondering why the FreeBSD handbook recommends favoring ports over base when running an externally visible unbound server. However, from the response I got here it seems clear that the reason is not "security" or "trust". It's just some other [yet unspecified] reason. Thank you again, Chris
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