[SunRescue] djbdns, BIND, and DNS Security

[Drew Schatt]

Can anyone help me out here, and give me a specific list of what standards
for mail qmail doesn't follow, and what standards for dns djbdns doesn't
follow? I really prefer standards based software, and any ammunition might
be a great thing.  I appreciate it.
(Much appreciation in advance, and cc's direct would be appreciated.)
	-Drew Schatt

-----Original Message-----
From: Loomis, Rip [mailto:GILBERT.R.LOOMIS at saic.com]
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 11:56 AM
To: 'rescue at sunhelp.org'
Subject: [SunRescue] djbdns, BIND, and DNS Security


Greg--
I've stated my opinions about djb, qmail, djbdns,
and related topics on this and other mailing lists
in the past IIRC.  To summarize, while I
respect djb's programming skills, his mode is "it's
my way or the highway".  Specifically, for DNS,
djbdns doesn't implement the standards, but rather
variants of some standards and a subset of the rest.

Same thing for qmail, which is why I use postfix-tls
instead.  (djb's software is much more interoperable
than Microsoft's, but some of the same "we know
better" philosophy/hubris seems to be involved in the
coding.  djb *may* in fact know that much better than
I do, but he hasn't convinced me yet.)

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