[dns-operations] "freeware is a recipe for problems"

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Thu Sep 24 18:58:14 UTC 2009


> > Maybe they are right. Perhaps it is better to not know what is lurking
> > within a proprietary OS.
> 
> But that ship has sailed.  How many ISPs still run their DNS servers
> on operating systems for which source code is not widely available?

I believe there are plenty of DNS servers running on Solaris (yes,
I know about OpenSolaris...)

Also, replying to another comment here, as far as I know CNS runs on
Solaris in addition to your favorite open source OS (we run CNS on
FreeBSD).

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no



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