Newbie: BIND 8 vs BIND 9

[Barry Margolin]

In article <cgo1ah$274r$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 "Carlos Garcia" <carlosg at cabonet.net.mx> wrote:

> Hi this is a simple question why there are two bind versions and according to 
> you what it is the best wnd why?

There are two versions because they rewrote BIND a few years ago, and 
gave it a new version number.

You should generally use the most recent released version, unless you 
need to use an older version for compatibility reasons.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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