Dan's "Ease of Use" Table, Redux (was Re: bind 8.2.4: limiting used memory?)

[E. James Nagle]

I just have a few things to say concerning this:

1.  This is a BIND mailing list

2.  Myself being a novice DNS admin - proceeded to take a broken BIND 4.9.x
configuration and fix it.  It took quite a while but was well worth it as I
learned a lot about name server processes that I previously had not known.

3.  A basic BIND install / config is VERY easy!  Anything "automated" would
not be able to provide anything beyond basic.

4.  Anything in life that is easy is probably not worth much anyway (i.e.
windows)

Just had to throw my 2-cents worth in on this one.

E. James Nagle
Nagle Enterprises, Inc.
www.broadswift.net

-----Original Message-----
From: D. J. Bernstein <75628121832146-bind at sublist.cr.yp.to>
To: bind-users at isc.org <bind-users at isc.org>
Date: Sunday, August 12, 2001 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: Dan's "Ease of Use" Table, Redux (was Re: bind 8.2.4: limiting
used memory?)


>
>Pete ``If his software implemented eternal life I wouldn't use it'' Ehlke:
>> Are you claiming that djbdns, as shipped from your site, is a complete
>> DNS maintenance system that does not need any extra scripts to be fully
>> functional?
>
>You haven't told us your personal definition of ``complete DNS
>maintenance system,'' so that's a meaningless question.
>
>If you're trying to ask whether djbdns has a built-in hook to your
>home-grown corporate database running on a Sinclair ZX-81, the answer is
>no. It also won't fetch your mail, brew coffee, or provide eternal life.
>
>It does, however, make DNS easier to use. Typical system administrators
>who read my table at http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/blurb/easeofuse.html will
>recognize their current DNS procedures and see that they can perform the
>same tasks more easily with djbdns.
>
>> If your answer is another one of your ad-hominems
>
>I never make ad-hominem arguments. If you don't know what the phrase
>``ad hominem'' means, go look it up.
>
>---Dan
>