Search Again: Re: QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 patch safe for client OSX 10.2.6? From: Men & Mice Support Date: Thursday, September 25, 2003 Time: 8:27:51 pm At 6:23 PM -0700 9/25/03, Michael Wise wrote: >At 17:28 -0700 9/25/03, Men & Mice Support wrote: > >>At 5:10 PM -0700 9/25/03, Michael Wise wrote: >>>At 16:59 -0700 9/25/03, Men & Mice Support wrote: >>> >>>>QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 is compatible with Bind 8, but the >>>>delegation-only zone type that it allows use of is only available >>>>with the most recent versions of Bind 9. >>>> >>>>The installer for QuickDNS 4.6 will include Bind 9 (one of the >>>>recent versions, probably 9.2.2P1). If you want to use >>>>delegation-only zone statements now, as described in the >>>>knowledge base article, then you must upgrade to Bind 9.2.2P1 >>>>through other means. >>> >>> >>>Why include a version of BIND known and confirmed to have problems? >>> >>>See: >>> >>>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bind-users&m=106421918709472&w=2 >>> >>> >>>Shouldn't you be using 9.2.3rc4 or better? >> >>Well... Thanks for pointing out that there's a more recent version. > > >I'm not so much pointing out that there are more recent versions as >much as the fact as there are documented issues with the possible >version you stated would be included with 4.6. Well, yes. Our engineers our more up-to-date on these things than I. Actually, it's possible we'll wait for the patching frenzy to calm down before releasing any patched version. >>But we're probably going to stay away from rc versions - at this >>point, we'll probably go with whatever the latest patch is for >>9.2.2. Currently, that appears to be 9.2.2P3, which was released >>yesterday. > > >Why is it you deem a P version any more preferable than an RC version? A patch is (supposed to be) more stable and polished than a late beta, and by definition, rc = late beta. The "c" stands for "candidate", as in, more bugs could be found before the release of 9.2.3. Since we don't have the resources to audit the Bind 9 source code (who does?), we have to take ISC's word that a release version is ready for prime time, while an rc version might not be. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice Customer Support Specialist Making DNS Easy

Messages In This Thread: QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 patch safe for client OSX 10.2.6? by Stefano on Sep 25, 2003 at 4:38:42 pm Re: QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 patch safe for client OSX 10.2.6? by Men & Mice Support on Sep 25, 2003 at 5:04:36 pm Re: QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 patch safe for client OSX 10.2.6? by Michael Wise on Sep 25, 2003 at 5:10:56 pm Re: QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 patch safe for client OSX 10.2.6? by Men & Mice Support on Sep 25, 2003 at 5:30:06 pm Re: QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 patch safe for client OSX 10.2.6? by Michael Wise on Sep 25, 2003 at 6:24:23 pm Re: QuickDNS 4.5.1.1 patch safe for client OSX 10.2.6? by Men & Mice Support on Sep 25, 2003 at 8:27:51 pm