web resources - install bind on win XP

[Michael E. Hanson]

To add to Tommy's response, as a desktop OS it has a built-in limitation on
the number of connections it will allow to "server" type applications.  I
think its 10 concurrent connections, just like W2k Pro.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tommy McLeod" <tommy.mcleod at vuw.ac.nz>
To: "Danny Mayer" <mayer at gis.net>
Cc: "Roland Verlander" <roly2002auSPAMTRAP at yahoo.com.au>;
<comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: web resources - install bind on win XP


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> > >As XP is just Windows NT 5.1, use the Windows NT version of BIND.
> > >Note that XP is a consumer OS and it should not be used on servers.
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> > That may be true of XP Home, but XP Pro is meant to replace 2K Pro.
> > Except that you need to enable the file systems/gui to see the
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> Yes, pro, but not server, its still a desktop OS, not a server, however
> much it tries to be .... much like NT workstation was the cut down
> version of NT4 Server, still not a server .... ".NET" server is the more
> "XPish" windows server, when it gets past Beta ....
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> On the other hand, you could use an *nix .....
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