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On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:

> As stated in the archives, bind can't just be removed due to the
> resolver code being used in libc.

Then just that "resolver" code could be used (and not entire BIND suite).

> > installing sendmail/qmail/exim/portfix/nothing and bind/djbdns/nothing; for
>
> Bernsteins programs can't be distributed, since we are not allowed to
> distribute modified binary versions.

Or another alternative is his resolver code. His low-level DNS resolver
routines are in "public domain".

Has anyone integrated djb's public domain resolver code into libc?

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/