Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:13:20 -0400 From: Skip Ford <skip@menantico.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: default dns config change causing major poolpah Message-ID: <20070801211320.GE59008@menantico.com> In-Reply-To: <46B0EDEA.8050608@FreeBSD.org> References: <46B01D5E.6050004@psg.com> <20070801110727.GC59008@menantico.com> <46B0EDEA.8050608@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > If there is a consensus based on solid technical reasons (not emotion > or FUD) to back the root zone slaving change out, If that's a shot at me, you're out of line. I specifically said I didn't have an axe to grind with anyone, and I never piled on in my comments. The reason I provided *is* purely technical. The roots can decide tomorrow to block AXFR requests from FreeBSD users who install 6.3-RELEASE or 7.0-RELEASE. They may. They may not. But they can. It's not a production feature and therefore should not be relied upon. If the operators state they will support AXFR for the life of those releases, I have no objections. Such a statement would indicate all at once that they don't mind the traffic and that such a config will not break. I haven't kept up-to-date with cached(8) but if we're able to cache lookups now without a name server, we don't even need BIND in the base system anymore IMO. We still have very well maintained ports. -- Skip
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