Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:21:40 -0500 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bind in FreeBSD, security advisories Message-ID: <1375186900.23467.3223791.24CB348A@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <CAO%2BPfDctepQY0mGH7H%2BgOSm4HJwhe-RCND%2BmxAArnRxpWiCsjg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAO%2BPfDctepQY0mGH7H%2BgOSm4HJwhe-RCND%2BmxAArnRxpWiCsjg@mail.gmail.com>
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People don't seem upset about not having a webserver, IMAP/POP daemon, or LDAP server in base, so I don't understand what the big deal is about removing BIND. If the concern is over the rare case when you absolutely need a DNS recursor and there are none you can reach I suppose we should just import Unbound. However, if you can't reach any DNS servers I assume you can't reach the roots either, so I don't understand what a local recursor will gain you. I support removing BIND from base, but there's a larger conversation to be had (again).
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