[uClibc] Re: DNS server (was Re: [BusyBox] An alternative to buildroot.)

Charlie Brady charlieb-busybox at e-smith.com
Mon May 31 16:35:19 UTC 2004


On Mon, 31 May 2004, Charlie Brady wrote:

> I hope they've fix it since this was written:
> 
>  Oak DNS Server is a good example of why novices shouldn't try to write 
>  DNS software. The digitallumber.net domain, served by Oak DNS Server 1.0, is 
>  inaccessible to a huge number of clients that try AAAA lookups before A 
>  lookups: the server incorrectly returns NXDOMAIN for AAAA, effectively 
>  wiping out its own A record.

Not surprisingly, they have fixed the problem:

  1/23/2003
        fixed NXDOMAIN bug:
                clients would get NXDOMAIN if node existed but rrtype
                for that node didn't exist (thanks to djb for pointing
                this out).  This was due to a typo (bad tab reformatting)

I still wonder why Rob wants to run a python DNS server if he's looking 
for small footprint apps.

--
Charlie




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