bind vs djbdns

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> 
> * Ruben I Safir (ruben at sruben.dental.nyu.edu) [000831 15:03]:
> > Bernstien -
> > 
> > Trying to earn a living from Free Software is not an example of Moral
> > Corruption.
> > 
> > But the fact that your DNS is cutting corners is real concern.  Where
> > you hired by microsoft to undermined the internet so they can save us
> > from the chaos of a free internet not controlled by Redmond?  That's
> > what it sound like with the burly responses and absolute statement.
> 
> Actually Microsoft is doing this all by themselves, without the help of
> dnscache.  Their DNS server leaves tons of things to be desired, and
> cuts plenty of corners (they don't even bother to respond with any
> additional or authority sections at all).  For example, look at this
> output.  Last I checked, dnscache is light years ahead of this, and way
> more RFC compliant.
> 
> $ dig @pdc1gd1.schwab.com www.schwab.com a
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> @pdc1gd1.schwab.com www.schwab.com a 
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      www.schwab.com, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> www.schwab.com.         15S IN A        162.93.203.133
> 
> ;; Total query time: 111 msec
> ;; FROM: xxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx to SERVER: pdc1gd1.schwab.com  162.93.253.70
> ;; WHEN: Thu Aug 31 20:38:40 2000
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 48
> 
> Greg
> 
> -- 
> Greg Rumple
> Senior Systems Developer
> UltraDNS Corporation
> 
> 
	This is a correct response from a authoritative server.  It
	is entirly optional whether a authoritative server adds the
	list of authoritative servers to the authority section to
	authoritative answer.

	BIND chooses to add this list.  Microsoft does not.

	Mark
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