April -- A Better BIND
April Seattle Unix Users Group Meeting
Topic: A Better BIND
Speaker: Bill Campbell, Celestial Systems
Time: April 10, 2001 (second Tuesday) at 7 p.m.
Location: Attachmate
SE 36th & 131st Ave SE
Bellevue, WA
Cost: Free
DNS (Domain Name Service) is the backbone of the Internet and any IP-based
system. DNS translates domain and host names
into numeric IP addresses and IP addresses back to FQDNs
(Fully Qualified Domain Names). BIND (Berkeley Internet Name
Daemon) is the standard method of maintaining and resolving these
addresses. Unfortunately, BIND has taken sendmail's place as one of
the primary security hazards on the Internet.The Daniel J. Bernstein Domain Name Service, more popularly known as djbdns, is an alternative to BIND. djbdns offers the advantages of security, speed, simplicity, and security. (To paraphrase the movie Blazing Saddles, "kinda like that security".) All the djbdns servers run as non-root users with limited privileges. djbdns consists of several small programs that are dedicated to specific tasks, whereas BIND is a monolithic program that does everything. Hence, configuring djbdns is more work than configuring BIND. In return, djbdns offers a long-term solution to the security problems associated with BIND. Note meeting location in Factoria / Bellevue! From downtown Seattle: Take I-90 East Exit 10B, Richards Road Straight through stop light Right on 131st Ave SE From downtown Bellevue: Take I-405 South Exit to I-90 East Exit 11A, 150th St Right at stop light Right on SE 38th St SE 38th becomes SE 36th Left on 131st Ave SE Parking garages will be locked after 6pm. If the circle drive in front of the building is full, go up the hill to an outdoor lot. Enter the double doors facing the circle drive and turn right at the receptionist's desk. The meeting room is at the end of the hall, next to the cafeteria. |
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