From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8782 invoked by alias); 20 Mar 2013 14:56:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 8757 invoked by uid 89); 20 Mar 2013 14:55:53 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,TW_DJ,TW_JB autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Received: from mho-04-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.74) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:55:50 +0000 Received: from pool-98-110-186-130.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([98.110.186.130] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UIKQe-000GKq-Qm for cygwin-talk@cygwin.com; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:55:48 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25BE5880814 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:55:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/vhtizFRwQGjuZIUEBJYJo Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:56:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: hardware upgrade status Message-ID: <20130320145548.GB1576@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <20130319162805.GA5736@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20130319194322.GE40309@justpickone.org> <20130319213054.GA1821@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <5149BDAB.6090709@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5149BDAB.6090709@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SW-Source: 2013-q1/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 01:46:19PM +0000, Dave Korn wrote: >On 19/03/2013 21:30, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> ----- Forwarded message from "Frank Ch. Eigler" ----- >> >> From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" >> To: Sourceware Overseers >> Subject: sourceware hardware transition plan, part 1/N >> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 17:46:32 -0400 > >> I would like to move from unusual/obsolete services to mainstream ones if >> at all possible, for simplicity of administration, and to reduce exposure >> to vulnerabilities. > >> old: new: > >> djbdns bind > > > Heh. That's a questionable statement, at best: > >http://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-9069/product_id-16058/D.j.bernstein-Djbdns.html Yeah, in the djbdns case, it's more of a situation of not wanting to stick with an arcane file layout. Most of us have more experience dealing with bind. I've found the djbdns stuff hard to use. The original plan was to get rid of all of the djb utilities but you may have noticed that we're still using qmail and ezmlm. I'm very comfortable with them. >BTW, was it totally irrational of me to be so chuffed to see CGF using >the term "administering" a server rather than "administrating"? I >really dislike the latter usage. I'm gratificated that you approve. cgf