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Subject: Re: Debian/Ubuntu: Why was the service renamed from bind9 to named?
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On 20 Jul 2020, at 10:09, tale <d.lawrence@salesforce.com> wrote:
> And for what it's worth, not all systems moved away from "named" to
> "bind9".  I've been running FreeBSD for decades, and I can't remember
> ever calling the service "bind9".

The service is always named, the package is bind. I stopped adding the 9 =
many years ago unless I need to specify a specific version like "bind =
nine dot eleven".

On 20 Jul 2020, at 11:45, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@ipinc.net> wrote:
> When FreeBSD was used mostly for servers it wasn't a problem. But more
> and more people are using it for desktop use where they want to =
basically install it and forget about it, never run patches, never give
> a fig about security.

Bind is a poor choice for desktop use. Packages like unbound are much =
better for that sort of use, and it is fr less critical if those =
packages have security issues.

I agree that anyone using a FreeBSD install as a server should be using =
bind, but I also agree it should not be the default install. You install =
bind when you figure out you need it, and not before.



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