djbdns: An alternative to BIND

Sun Apr 10 05:34:18 UTC 2005

> You need only count the lines of code needed by the daemon/s
> servicing requests.  That is, IMO, bind's only major failing.  Too
> much code, too many little used features (nobody I know needs or
> wants rndc), and no way to compile without them.  If you read Bruce
> Schneier, as every developer should, you know how important that
> "Amount of code" is.

Ah, but how do you know what are the little used features? We use rndc
a lot, just as we used ndc with BIND 8.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no