Jorge Mario G. wrote:
Hi there
I've seen that BIND and sendmail (till 4.7-RELEASE havent tested 5.0 yet)
are installed by default my question is simple... WHY?
Partly for historical reasons.
Also, sendmail and BIND do more than just mail|DNS server.
Sendmail is used by most local mailers for sending mail, even if it's not
configured as a "server". Unlike bloatware such as Outlook that includes
it's own SMTP code.
I belive (but I could be wrong here) that BIND code is implemented in the
resolver, thus it is required for _any_ DNS lookups to succeed.
Also, running a caching DNS server is a good idea for anyone (even a
workstation) as it speeds Internet access up in most cases. Most of the
speed issues I have with Adelphia is how long it takes to resolve DNS to
IPs.
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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
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