On a sunny day (Sun, 5 Oct 2008 14:02:23 +0200) it happened Frank Buss wrote in :
Yes I know, and have, that program. I find it a bit complicated and as long as bind works OK see no need to change.
I wrote a small name server myself, for the backup web server that runs from an SDcard in a Linksys wireless access point:
Well, some have 1 euro / minute help desks, and then once you get a line have to explain to THEM what they need to fix.... I tried more then 7 ISPs, now I have 'direct-adsl', faster, cheaper, better.
I have a bit different philosophy about all this.
These days it seems like the following tactics are used: A lock on every door in the house with 2 keys to open it, and an open front door.
I do prefer a good fence with a good lock, and doors and windows in the house that you just can open without locks.
No, I do not always check for buffer overflow [exploits], for example this news reader will likely crash if some overflow is deliberately created. So what. I do not know a lot about Java, in fact all I know is that it is slow, does not have pointers, that makes it not interesting for me. Now Java-people claim it is not slow, but some also claim the world is flat.
My view is that people who attack the internet, and its applications, an internet that is used by much of humanity, and many things that are becoming more and more essential to us are based on it, should get the death penalty.
Now that will help. And that also goes for those self serving people who publish new attacks every so often, like Kaspersky & friends, lock am up and execute them. It is just their ego and business, the virus writers are THEY, and lots of little script kiddies use their ideas and tools to create havoc.
Bit extreme POV I have, but alas, it is that way.